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Options Trading For Complete Beginners

Name: Options Trading For Complete Beginners
Rating: 4.8 (33 reviews)

Learn everything you need to know about options—What they are, how they work, buying calls, puts, contracts, and more!

Created byTyler Russell | 1.3K+ Students | 81 Countries | 9+ Years Of Experience

Last updated 1/2026

English

What you'll learn

Understand options and how options work (calls, puts, strike prices, expiration dates, etc.)
Learn the foundation of options trading (key terms, volatility, greeks, etc.)
Learn the difference between buying options and selling options
Learn how to trade calls and puts effectively
Learn how to day trade, swing trade, or trade longterm options
Understand how to manage risks and make profit trading options
Understand technical analysis and fundamental analysis

Course content

8 sections • 44 lectures • 2h 20m total length

Introduction1:33
Learn how options work—calls, puts, contracts worth 100 shares, strike prices, and delta and theta—to profit while managing risk, and explore day trading, swing trading, and cash versus margin accounts.
What Is Trading?1:09
What can you trade or invest in?2:14
How to start investing?2:48
Trading Advice: Its simple, not time consuming, and no need to know everything2:12
Learn that investing is simple, not time consuming, and flexible, and use the right tools, knowledge, wisdom, and practice to become a profitable options trader.
Trading software used1:28
Explore the Thinkorswim trading platform by TD Ameritrade, learn to set up your account, and practice trading visuals with the desktop Thinkorswim during parts three and four of the course.

What are options?2:52
What are call options?2:16
What are put options?1:55
Learn what put options are and how buying them lets you profit from a stock's price decline, with an Apple example and a nod to technical analysis.
Option contracts3:09
Option expiration dates2:25
Understand that all option contracts have expiration dates, with monthly third Friday expirations and weekly or daily ones for active stocks and ETFs, and sell before expiration to profit.
Option price #1: Strike price3:00
Option price #2: Ask, bid, & mark price3:28
Option price #3: Market & limit price2:46
Other terms to know when trading options1:34
Explore key options terms like open interest, volume, and volatility, and learn how these factors influence pricing, risk, and potential profits in options trading.
Option greeks: Delta1:48
Delta measures how much an option's price moves per $1 stock change, with a range from 0.01 to 1.00, and higher delta means more profit per dollar move.
Option greeks: Theta1:23
Option charts: Japanese candlesticks1:02
Predicting price movement: Technical analysis1:30
Predicting price movement: Fundamental analysis1:37
Quiz 2—Understanding Options

Managing your risks (boundaries, self control, emotions)2:44
Learn risk management in options trading by setting boundaries and stop-loss rules to cap losses, and practicing self-control and emotional discipline to follow your plan and avoid revenge trading.
Losses & stop losses2:36
Learn to calculate option losses and use stop losses to automatically exit trades and cap losses, illustrated by a $0.90 option and a $0.20 stop.
Using option greeks to manage risks2:34
Explore how option greeks manage risk with delta and theta. Learn how delta translates stock moves into option value and how theta reflects daily time decay.
Using option price to lower risks4:25
Choose strike prices closer to the money to increase delta and enable quicker profits, and use limit prices for buying and selling to manage risk.
Quiz 3—Options Risks

Pattern day trader rule1:22
Learn the pattern day trading rule: margin accounts under $25,000 may only three day trades in five days; avoid penalties by meeting $25,000 or using a cash account.
Day trading options (Daily)1:03
Swing trading options (Every other day)1:30
Learn swing trading options to profit every other day, and understand how the pattern day trader rule does not apply to swing traders, enabling flexible part-time or full-time income.
Longterm trading options (More than a month)1:12
Discover how long term trading uses leap options to profit over six months or more, targeting a 6 to 12 month period, while pattern day trader rule does not apply.
Margin accounts1:30
Cash accounts1:18
Discover how a cash account uses your own money for trading, avoids borrowing and the PDT rule, and how settlement time affects funds you can reinvest the next day.
Margin vs Cash account1:29
Quiz 5—Day, Swing, & Longterm Trading

Requirements

Anyone is welcome
The willingness to learn
A computer, tablet, or phone to watch the videos
Pen and paper for notetaking
Everything else you need is included in the course

Description

Join our family of 700+ Happy Udemy Students who have enrolled in our courses.

In this course, you will learn

Investing Basics—What is trading, what can be traded, and how you can start
What Options Are—We define them so you can finally understand them
Trading is Simple and not as complicated as many think
How to get started day trading Options with or without a day job
and so much more!

In this Udemy option course I will teach you how to grow your trading skills, how to make consistent income, and how to do option trading for a living.

Options Trading is made simple.

This course is packed with insightful, practical, and educational option material. You will learn everything you need to know about options, what they are, how they work, buying calls & puts, and more!

We use options trading examples and visual illustrations to help you better understand options trading and how to trade them correctly.

This course is a foundation course made for those interested in learning the basics of trading options effectively and for anyone with a desire to learn how to trade options.

You don't have to know every single detail about trading to make money.

When trading options, the most important thing is not knowledge, its Wisdom—the ability to apply or use what you do know. When you can apply the Right strategy at the Right time, you can make money every time.

Options are not as Time Consuming as many think.

You can trade options daily, weekly, or monthly. You can trade them for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, hours per day, or all day. No matter how much time you have, you can fit Options Trading in your schedule.

Taking the Fear & Anxiety out of Options:

What exactly are Calls & Puts
How do they work
Buying them vs selling them
Risk vs Reward
And much much more!

This is Part One of a 4-course option bundle:

Options Trading For Complete Beginners (Part 1)
Fundamental Analysis & Economy News—Complete Beginner Course (Part 2)
Technical Analysis & Indicators—Complete Beginner Course (Part 3)
Complete Options Trading Practice Course—Paper Trading (Part 4)

In these four courses I will teach you how to trade options and earn consistent returns in the stock market for the rest of your life.

I will take you from absolute ground zero of stock option trading knowledge all the way to trading different option strategies in only a few courses.

I want to teach you how to take care of and manage your own money because "Nobody Cares About Your Money More Than You Do." No Need to pay money manages who charge you crazy fees and get paid whether they make you money or not.

Enroll in this course now and start trading in the market successfully!

All our Options Trading courses come with:

30 day money-back-in-full guarantee
Unlimited lifetime access at no extra costs
All future additional lectures, etc in this course are always free
Our Options Trading Bootcamp team is always available to answer any question you might have in regards to this course. Answers are given in less than 24 hours
Your trading success is our goal!

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Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone wanting to learn the basics of option trading (calls, puts, strike prices, buying, selling, etc.)
Beginner Option Traders Curious About Trading
Anyone wanting a Complete Understanding of Options Trading

Options Trading For Complete Beginners

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 11min

Understanding stock & the stock market4 lectures • 7min

Understanding Options14 lectures • 31min

Option Risks4 lectures • 12min

Option Profits (Increase Profitability)3 lectures • 5min

Day, Swing, & Longterm Trading7 lectures • 9min

Trading Software3 lectures • 1hr 2min

Closing & Next Steps3 lectures • 3min

Requirements

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