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Whether you are new to investing or are a seasoned professional, using options can be an efficient and easy way to protect the profits you have made, limit your loss, gain additional income or secure a specific stock price.
The Options Institute's online courses are designed to help every level of investor gain a fuller understanding of the uses of listed options. Complete the courses you feel would be most suitable for building your knowledge and confidence in using listed options. Thanks to the generous support of our sponsor, we are now able to offer the CBOE online courses free of charge. If you register for this version of the course, your name and email address will be shared with the sponsor. If you do not wish for CBOE to provide this information to the sponsor, you may register for the fee-based version of this course instead by visiting the following page for registration instructions: Fee-Based Courses.
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Options Warm-up: The Language of Options and Options' Mechanics Retail Cost—Free Register Now!
Fundamentals of Equity Options: Basic terminology, characteristics and concepts of equity options. Retail Cost—Free Register Now!
Fundamentals of Index Options: Basic terminology, characteristics and concepts of index options. Retail Cost—Free Register Now!
Fundamentals of CBOE Index Products: The characteristics of CBOE Indexes and related products. Learn about the OEX, SPX, VIX and NDX. Retail Cost—Free Register Now!
Introduction to Options Basics: Basic options concepts and terminology. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Profit and Loss Diagrams: Teach yourself options strategies using P & L diagrams. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Investment Strategies: Options strategies for investment purposes. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Covered Call Writing: The basics of Covered Call Writing including assignment, tax implications and the Buy/Write strategy. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Index Options: This lesson introduces ways of using CBOE Index Options for investing conservatively and protecting a portfolio. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Index Options and the Dow Jones: This lesson presents conservative ways of investing in options based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJX). Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Option Price Behavior: This lesson covers volatility, delta, time decay and implied volatility. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Trading Strategies: Topics covered include leverage, covered straddle, stock repair, LEAPS® and buying calls and puts. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Managing Stock Positions: Strategies for managing long stock positions. Various situations are presented along with a number of possible forecasts for the underlying stock, and strategies that best fit each forecast. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Managing Option Positions: Strategies that allow you to manage, or take follow-up action, to protect unrealized profits, or to help eliminate or reduce accrued losses on your option positions. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Trading Volatility: Various strategies including Long and Short Straddles, Long and Short Strangles, Butterflies, and Condors. The profit and loss potential of each strategy is examined as well as how each is related to volatility. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Spreading I: An introduction to using spreads, including an overview of the four Vertical Spreads: Bull Call Spreads, Bear Put Spreads, Bear Call Spreads and Bull Put Spreads. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Spreading II: An overview of spreads that are utilized in very specific market conditions, such as: Ratio Spreads, Backspreads and Time Spreads. Retail Cost—$50 Free! Register Now!
Basics of Spreading: Vertical Spreads: Detailed explanations, along with examples of Vertical Spreads. Retail Cost—$30 Free! Register Now!
Basics of Spreading: Ratio and Backspreads: Detailed explanations, along with examples of Ratio and Backspreads. Retail Cost—$30 Free! Register Now!
Basics of Spreading: Time Spreads: Detailed explanations, along with examples of Time Spreads. Retail Cost—$30 Free! Register Now!
Basics of Spreading: Straddles and Strangles: Detailed explanations, along with examples of Straddles and Strangles. Retail Cost—$30 Free! Register Now!
Basics of Spreading: Butterflies and Condors: Detailed explanations, along with examples of Butterflies and Condors. Retail Cost—$30 Free! Register Now!
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