The Options Institute
The Options Institute offers three categories of tutorials:
Options Basics
People and Electronics: How a Trade is Made
Advanced Strategies
Within each category, you can select one of the tutorials. Tutorials can last
anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. To ensure you've understood the material, each
tutorial ends with a short, multiple-choice quiz. If you don't understand all
of the terminology, you can easily access the Options Dictionary while taking
the tutorial. To take a tutorial, click a tutorial topic from one of the three
categories.
Options Basics
Options Overview
Learn the fundamentals of listed options.
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Introduction to Options Strategies
Learn the basics of Calls and Puts.
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Expiration, Exercise and Assignment
Learn how to manage options positions.
Duration: Approximately 15 minutes
Options Pricing 1
Learn about options pricing and the fundamentals of determining the option
price.
Duration: Approximately 25 minutes
Options Industry Today
Learn the role of CBOE, investors, and the OCC.
Duration: Approximately 15 minutes
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People and Electronics: How a Trade is Made
The Human Component
Learn about CBOE, traders, and order types.
Duration: Approximately 15 minutes
Market Controls
Learn about fast markets and unusual trading situations.
Duration: Approximately 10 minutes
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Advanced Strategies
Selling Puts
Learn how and why you sell puts.
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Vertical Spreads
Learn the basics and considerations for vertical spreads.
Duration: Approximately 25 minutes
Options Pricing 2
Learn about pricing components and changes.
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Buying Stock with a Ratio Call Spread
Learn the basics and details of buying stock with a ratio call spread.
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
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Options involve risk and are not suitable for all
investors. Prior to buying or selling an option, a person must receive a copy
of Characteristics and Risks of Standardized
Options (ODD). Copies of the ODD are available from your broker, by
calling 1-888-OPTIONS, or from The Options Clearing Corporation, One North
Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The information on this
website is provided solely for general education and information purposes and
therefore should not be considered complete, precise, or current. Many of the
matters discussed are subject to detailed rules, regulations, and statutory
provisions which should be referred to for additional detail and are subject to
changes that may not be reflected in the website information. No statement
within the website should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell a
security or to provide investment advice. The inclusion of non-CBOE
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