Online Courses

Continuing Education Credit: 1 hour*
*Available for fee-based courses only, please send us an email for more information.

Course Expiration: Course access expires 12 weeks from date of registration

Cost: Free

Course Overview:

Options are a commonly misunderstood investment vehicle. In this module, The Options Institute focuses on the real uses of options through several types of investing strategies. Whether you are a conservative or speculative investor, or if you're bullish, bearish or neutral on the market as a whole or just on a particular stock, there is an options strategy to suit your needs.

Course Outline:

Buying Stock with Limited Risk
- What is your need?
- Strategy
- Profit/Loss Diagram
- Possible Outcomes
- Risk

Buy a Stock Now, Pay Later
- What is your need?
- Strategy - Buy a Call, Buy a T-Bill
- Strategy - Buy a Long-term Call

Target a Lower Purchase Price
- What is your need?
- Strategy - Sell a cash-secured put
- Profit/Loss Diagram
- Possible Outcomes

Target a Higher Selling Price
- What is your need?
- Strategy - Selling calls
- Possible Outcomes

Covered Writing
- What is your need?
- Strategy - Buy/Write
- Profit/Loss Diagram
- Estimating Potential Returns
- Important factors to consider

Lowering the Cost of Insurance
- What is your need?
- Strategy - Collar
- Profit/Loss Diagram
- Possible Outcomes

How to Register:
Step 1: Log into your MyCBOE account.

Step 2: Enter Registration Code

Please click here and enter optedu if prompted.

If you are taken directly to your Course Status Page, please scroll to the bottom for your Current Registration code. Please click on Change Registration code if it is NOT optedu

Step 3: Complete a Student Profile

Complete the student profile page and click on the submit button.

Step 4: Select your Courses

You should now be on your personalized Course Status Page which will list all of our available courses. To register, simply select the course name link.

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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 advertisements on the website should not be construed as an endorsement or an indication of the value of any product, service, or website. The Terms and Conditions govern use of this website and use of this website will be deemed acceptance of those Terms and Conditions.