Options Trading Strategy & Education
Options offer alternative strategies for investors to profit from trading underlying securities. Learn the basic options strategies such as calls, puts, covered calls, and protective puts.
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Understanding How Options Are Priced
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Bull Call Spread Pros and Cons
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Credit Spread Definition
Spread Definition
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What Is a Stock Option?
Explore Strategy & Education
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Volatility
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Why Open Interest and Trading Volume Matter to Options Traders
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How Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPS) Work
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4 Ways to Trade Options: Buy to Open, Sell to Open, Buy to Close, Sell to Close
At The Money
Buy to Open Definition
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The Difference Between American vs. European Options
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What's the Difference Between Short Selling and Put Options?
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The Difference Between In the Money and Out of the Money
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What Is a Put-Call Ratio?
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How Is a Put Option Exercised?
Exercise Price Definition
How Does a Leg Strategy Work?
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How a Protective Put Works
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Rights Offering (Issue) Definition
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How a Short Call Works
A Beginner’s Guide to Call Buying
Using the "Greeks" to Understand Options
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Introduction to Put Writing
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American Options Allow You to Exercise Early to Capture Dividends
What Is a Deep in the Money Option?
How Interest Rate Options Work, and How Investors Can Profit from Them
Triple Witching Definition
Options Contract Definition
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Call
Understanding Time Value
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How Interest Rate Call Options Work
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How Long Is an Options Expiration Cycle?
What Is a Synthetic Forward Contract?
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Using Open Interest to Find Bull/Bear Signals
Exercise Definition
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Is It Possible to Trade Forex Options?
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What Is SPAN Margin?
What Is a Zero Cost Collar?
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Index Option Definition
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What Is Quadruple Witching?
Early Exercise Definition
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Options Trading Strategies: Understanding Position Delta
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Learn About Implied Volatility
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How to Sell Put Options to Benefit in Any Market
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Top 7 Mistakes When Trading in Cheap Options
What Is the Eurex?
Put Calendar
How Delta Hedging Works
Risk Reversal Definition
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Options Industry Council (OIC) Definition
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Benefits of a Covered Call ETF
Naked Put Definition
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Trading Binary Options in the U.S.: Your Guide
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Intrinsic Value
Assignment Definition
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The Basics of Covered Calls
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When Does One Sell a Put Option, and When Does One Sell a Call Option?
What Is Put-Call Parity?
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What Is Delta?
What Is a Buy-Write Strategy?
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Naked Option Definition
What Is a Lookback Option?
Prices Plunging? Buy a Put!
What Is a Cash-Based Option?