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Essential Option Dynamics - Trading Concepts, Pricing and Strategies

Continuing Education Credit: 4 hours

Student Access: Valid for 12 weeks from date of registration

Cost: $150

Course Overview:
In this unit, we have combined three of our intermediate self-paced modules: Index Options, Trading Strategies and Option Price Behavior. Investors interested in continuing their quest for options knowledge will find this segment of the Online Learning Center an invaluable resource for gaining an understanding of the principles of trading index options, options pricing and practical uses of basic strategies. Experienced investors may find this area helpful as a refresher on trading and implementing forecasts.

Please Note: If you have already enrolled in one of the single modules included in this course, you may wish to enroll separately in the other single modules, instead of duplicating a module.

Course Outline:

Index Options
Concepts covered in this lesson include conservative ways of investing in an index fund, protecting a portfolio and the multiple indexes available.

Option Price Behavior
This lesson covers volatility, delta, time decay and implied volatility.

Trading Strategies
Topics covered include leverage, covered straddle, stock repair, LEAPS and buying calls and puts.