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Options Trader Curriculum

Course Agenda - Part 1 (Days 1 & 2)

Day 1

• When and Why do we use Options?
• Benefits for choosing options
• Option Definitions and Terminology
  
  
  • Learning the language of options
• Call Options and Put Options
  
  
  • These are the foundation of any option strategy
• When to take action in options
• Fundamental Analysis (Influences price)
• Technical Analysis (Support and Resistance tell us where to take action)
• Profit and Loss Diagram / Payoff Graphs and Pricing

Day 2

• Time Value and Price Decay
• Option Pricing and Volatility
• Using Open Interest and Volume
• The Greeks
  
  
  • Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, and Rho
• Option Strategies
  
  
  • Buying and Selling Puts and Calls
  • Covered Calls, Stocks at a Discount
• Order Placement

Course Agenda - Part 2 (Days 3 - 5)

Day 3

• Strike Selection
  
  
  • Action to take at areas of Demand
  • Action to take at areas of Supply
• Greeks
• Volatility Analysis

Day 4

• Spreads
• Vertical Spreads
  
  
  • Credit Spreads
  • Debit Spreads
• Synthetics
• Collars
• Horizontal Spreads
• Class Exercises and More

Day 5

• More Spreads
  
  
  • Diagonal
  • Straddles
  • Strangles
• Complex Spreads
  
  
  • Double Diagonal Spreads
  • Iron Condors
• Class Exercises and More