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Professional Options Trading, Simplified
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(101 ratings)
881 students

Professional Options Trading, Simplified

Master the art of trading options with high probability of success, enabling you to generate a steady income stream
Created byAlex Liberter
Last updated 8/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Trade options with very high success rates
  • Generate steady weekly income through low-risk strategies
  • Master the most successful options strategies that professionals use
  • Understand -and be able to profit from- the world of financial derivatives

Course content

5 sections22 lectures2h 3m total length
  • What is an Option?4:31

    Understand what an option is, and what its main components and types are.

  • What is an Option Quiz
  • Option Pricing5:08

    We identify what the essential elements that affect the price of an option contract are. You'll also be able to understand how these elements work to affect the price.

  • Option Pricing Quiz
  • The Option Greeks4:00

    Get to know and understand what the main 'option greeks' are, and what they tell you about your trades.

  • Option Greeks Quiz
  • Buying vs. Selling Options5:34

    Understand what the difference between buying and selling an option is, what the advanatges and disadvantages of each are, and what the ideal scenario to buy or sell is.

  • Buying vs. Selling Options Quiz
  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value4:54

    Learn the difference between the instrinsic and the extrinsic value of an option. Be able to calculate each, and understand what they mean for your trading.

  • Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Value Quiz
  • Calculating Breakevens8:00

    Learn what a breakeven point is, and how to calculate them in each of the strategies we teach you in this course.

  • Option Chains: How to Interpret and Use Them3:40

    What is an option chain? How can one buy, sell, and create option spreads through an online brokerage?

Requirements

  • Internet access

Description

There are several option and financial courses out there. Most of them promise to teach you a set of strategies that can deliver huge profits with limited risk. The fact is, most retail option traders actually lose money. Sure enough, they might have a couple of successful trades at the beginning. But sooner or later, the odds play out, and poor trading techniques cause a cascade of errors.

The goal of this course is teach you the way professionals play. They don't lose money, they make a consistent profit. The profits might not be a 700% return on one trade, but rather, a daily 1% return in many. When you add the numbers up, you will see that the smart, patient trader actually wins the race at the end of the year.

The course will not be delving into non-essential information. You do not need to know about complex strategies that have very poor success records, or delve into excessive mathematics or chart reading. We have backtested years of financial data to show which strategies actually, consistently, work. This is not our opinion, it is what the statistics show. As a result, we will only focus on the top most statistically successful strategies, and will teach you when to use which, depending on the market conditions and your personal trading profile.

At the end of this course, not only will you have solid knowledge about options trading, but you will have the benefit of knowing what works and what doesn't. You will know how to take advantage of volatility, the implied mathematical probabilities, and the time to expiration. Oh, and you most probably be able to get back the money you invested in this course in one trade.


What makes this course stand out from the rest?

  • We only focus on the strategies that statistically work. We have backtested years of financial data to come up with this list
  • We focus on teaching, not on selling subscriptions or garnering commissions from trades. As a result, we do not promise unrealistic exceptional returns or waste time discussing once-in-a-lifetime lucky guesses
  • We go beyond directional strategies, to focus on how to make money even if the market moves against you, by taking advantage of time and volatility
  • We explain how you can start making money right away, and give you the techniques you need to be successful from the get-go.

Who this course is for:

  • Ambitious but rational individuals who do not get fooled by get-rich-quick schemes
  • Anybody interested in generating a highly successful income stream