More about Options – Lesson 3

Options are contracts between individuals. Even though you go through a broker to purchase an options contract, behind the scenes the contract is between you and another person. In order for you to purchase an option someone has to be willing to sell it to you. Why would someone be willing to give you the [...]

Calls and Puts – Lesson 2

There are two main types of options contracts. Calls and Puts. A call gives the holder the option to buy an asset at a certain price within a specific period of time. Calls are just like having a long position on a stock. Buyers of calls hope that the price of the stock will increase [...]

The Basics of Options Trading – Lesson 1

Let’s start by defining Options. Stock Options are probably the most misunderstood of all stock trading actions. Options are in reality very simple to understand. It’s the advanced ways of trading options that take a little more concentration to understand fully. Stock Options are simply the right to buy (calls) or sell (puts) a stock [...]

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Since this is a WordPress blog, the posts may seem to be out of order. The reason for this is as I write and post this tutorial the older posts move down the list. So they are exactly reversed from the order you should read them. To get around this, and to make it easier [...]