You may have heard that options trading is extremely difficult. In these courses we look to dispel that myth and show you that trading options can be as simple or complex as you make it.

Essential Options Trading: Syllabus

Options in everyday life……The basics of calls and puts…..Pricing and behavior……Volatility and Pricing Models….Greeks basics: how time, volatility, interest rates, and underlying prices influence option prices.

How financial markets behave: why the efficient market hypothesis is wrong……Options on futures or options on stock: which is preferable?…..Simple option strategies….Option spreads: the most important and common trading strategy….Intermediate option strategies: strangles and straddles….Trading psychology for options traders……Iron Condor strategies: systematic and discretionary…..Short straddles and back spreads on indexes….The covered write: covered call and covered put…….How to find the best levels to sell options….Option strategies on ETFs.

Advanced Options Trading: Syllabus

Second order Greeks……Futures, synthetics and put call parity…..multi-leg strategies….Advanced Greeks…..How to chart Vega, Theta, Gamma and Rho….Advanced methods to manage an already existing covered option position and multi-leg option option position…..How to build an uncorrelated low risk option strategy portfolio…….Dynamic hedging……Covered call writing and short strangles with dynamic hedge protocols on a portfolio of different underlyings……Trading psychology for options trading.

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Jeff Wecker
Jeff Wecker

Jeff Wecker, the inventor of Forex Forager, is a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade. There, Jeff learned his craft in the 30-year bond pit, trading against the world's best, and now has survived and prospered in the industry for the past 25 years. He took the unique knowledge he gained at the CBOT and transitioned it to online trading, where he traded FX, commodities, stock indices, and bonds – all using his unique 5 pip/tick risk system. Visit us at Global Fx Trading Group