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Why Trade Options?

The potential benefits of options are pretty obvious when you think about their name — Options. They offer choice and flexibility to help you achieve your investing goal. Discover three ways investors use that choice and flexibility.

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Learn the options essentials — ideal for getting up to speed or refreshing the basics.

How Call Options Work

10 min course

Calls are fundamental to options trading. Learn how they work and when to use them.

How Put Options Work

10 min course

Explore what a put is, and what your rights and obligations are.

Options 101

30 min course

Master the fundamentals: calls, puts, strike prices, and the core concepts every options trader needs to know.

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