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Syllabus

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Advanced Level Syllabus

View the required items for Advanced Level Curriculum.

Required

Seminars

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Be a Successful Retail Options Trader!

This 1 day seminar will feature veteran option traders sharing their trading secrets.

Optional

Options Extreme

This 2-day classroom experience discusses the consistent application of advanced strategies and risk management to generate monthly income.

Optional

Options for Portfolio Management & Institutional Investors

2-day seminar is designed to increase an understanding of options and how they achieve portfolio objectives.

Optional

The Options Course for Advisors and Planners

Course provides advisors with an in depth understanding of options.

Optional

Trading Options and Managing Positions

This free seminar is designed for all levels of traders who want to improve their ability to select option strategies.

Optional

Online Courses

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Basics of Spreading: Butterflies and Condors

This module presents detailed explanations and examples of Butterfly and Condor spreads.

Required

Basics of Spreading: Ratio and Backspreads

This course examines ratio spreads and backspreads.

Required

Managing Option Positions

This course takes a trader through adjusting and managing option positions.

Required

Managing Stock Positions

An introduction on how to use options to manage risk in stock positions.

Required

Option Price Behavior

A course covering the various forces that influence the pricing of options.

Required

Proficiency Exam - Advanced Level

Successfully complete the Advanced Level exam in order to complete this program

Required

Spreading II

Course covers a variety of advanced spreads.

Required

Trading Volatility

Course covers a variety of strategies that take volatility into account.

Required

Strategy Discussions

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Equity Option Strategies - Covered Combinations

View this discussion on the use of covered combination strategies and the risk / reward payoff.

Required

Equity Option Strategies - Equity Collar

View this introduction to an equity collar position and a description of how it is used relative to a long equity position.

Required

Equity Option Strategies - Stock Repair

View an introduction to a stock repair trade and a description on how it is used.

Required

Index Option Strategies - Buying Index Collars to Protect Portfolios

View this discussion on creating a collar using index options to protect a portfolio from an anticipated down move in the market.

Required

Index Option Strategies - Buying Index Puts to Hedge the Value of a Portfolio

View this discussion on using index puts to protect a portfolio from a down move in the market.

Required

S&P 500 Strategies (SPX) - SPX Bear Put Spreads

A discussion of putting on a Bear Put Spread using S&P 500 options.

Optional

S&P 500 Strategies (SPX) Protective Collar with SPX Options

View this strategy paper on using S&P 500 options to create a Collar to protect a portfolio from market volatility.

Required

Tasks

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Complex Order Book

Go through the Complex Order book, select a trade in the book and place this trade in your paper trading account.

Required

IB Options and Futures Intelligence Report

Visit this area, develop a trade idea based on the activity displayed and implement it in your paper trading account.

Required

Options Calculator

Visit this area, develop a trade idea based on the activity displayed and implement it in your paper trading account.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account take a long position in a stock and then create a Covered Straddle position.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account create a Long Condor Position using Calls.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account create a Short Condor Position using Calls.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account create an Iron Condor Position.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account create a Short Condor Position using Puts.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account create a Short Butterfly Position using Puts.

Required

Simulated Trading Tools

In your paper trading account take a long position in a stock and then create a Collar.

Required

Trading Tools

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Advanced Charts

This page gives you the ability to chart stocks, etfs, and indexes.

Optional

CBOE - Virtual Trade

Program designed to let you test your trading knowledge and market savvy.

Optional

CBOE Complex Order Book

The Complex Order Book allows you to generate top of the book resting complex spread orders in real-time.

Optional

Equity Research Center

Allows an investor to scan news by date or ticker on equity securities.

Optional

InvestorsObserver Weekly Article

Free weekly sample article from InvestorsObserver.

Optional

Options Scanner

Free options scanning tool from the CBOE.

Optional

paperMoney

Program with functionality is the same as the best "real" trading systems.

Optional

Standard & Poor's Daily Select 10 Options Reports

Each day we present reports on 10 stocks selected from S&P's options research.

Optional

The IB Options and Futures Intelligence Report

Optional

Thermal Imaging

Thermal Imaging displays a small subset of the metrics they analyze to find actionable trades.

Optional

Strategy of the Week Discussions

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Weekly Strategy Collar

Quick overview of a collar.

Optional

Weekly Strategy Long Call Butterfly

Quick overview of a long call butterfly.

Optional

Weekly Strategy Stock Repair

Quick overview of a stock repair.

Optional

Books

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McMillan on Options

Great book on several aspects of option trading appropriate for both intermediate and advanced traders.

Optional

Option Volatility & Pricing

An excellent book on options trading for advanced traders.

Optional

Options as a Strategic Investment

Considered the 'bible' of option books.

Optional