Options Trading for Beginners - Learn How to Trade Options!
An Introductory Course to help you understand the nuts and bolts of Options and guide you to enter the exciting world of Options Trading!
Are you new to Options Trading? Are you confused with different jargons like Call, Put, Strike price etc and looking for the best place to learn the basics to start your options trading journey? Then, you've entered the right page.
Welcome to Options Trading for Beginners course by Trade Brains Academy.
In this course, you'll learn the basics of options trading with a simple and self paced approach. Here, you'll acquire most important knowledge of trading in options and straightforward strategies to make money with options trades from scratch.
What is covered in this course?
"Options Trading for Beginners" is a basic course for beginners to learn all the essentials required to trade in options. This course is divided in three modules along with a FREE introductory module. Here are the topics covered in each modules.
Introductory Module: In this module, we will introduce you to the exciting world of options. Here's we'll help you understand what exactly are options with the help of real life examples from our day to day life. Here, we'll also discuss why people trade in options, it's true potential and how it opens a door to upgrade your trading career.
Module 1: From this module, we'll start discussing the technical aspects of options trading covering different options jargons. We'll start with the different types of options where we'll discuss both Call and Put options in detail. Here, we understand options from the perspective of both buyer and seller, rational behind buying and selling options, Intrinsic value of options, and other key concepts with the help of cases and examples.
In this module, we'll also introduce you to the concept of 'Moneyness'. We will cover the classification of options on the basis of level on Moneyness and discuss Intrinsic Value of Options at various levels of Moneyness. In the last lesson of this module, you'll get familiarise to the Option Chains.
Module 2: In this second module, you will get introduced to "Option Greeks".
Here, we'll be covering the four important option greeks i.e. Delta, Gamma, Theta and Vega with the help of some cases and scenarios for each of the option Greeks types. We will also discuss the influence of these Greeks in the pricing of the option. The concept of 'Black & Scholes mode' and 'Volatility' will be introduced in this module.
Module 3: In this module, you'll learn the various popular options trading strategies. Having learnt the options trading basics and Greeks in the last two modules, this module will take you from beginner level to one where you can exactly implement strategies to make money from option trades. Here, we will be covering strategies like Single option legs and Multi option legs.
What will you get in this course?
This is a Trade Brains academy exclusive trading course. After enrolling in this course, you will get:
- 3.5+ hours of straightforward and to-the-point video based lessons.
- 1-year access to the course and get updates and new bonus lessons for FREE.
- Bonus pdfs, checklists, Calculators and a Customized excel sheet (For Black & Scholes model).
- Ask questions directly to the instructor and every one of those will also be answered.
- Options Trading Certification available for successfully completing the course!
What can you expect after completing the course?
After successfully completing this course, you can expect to have:
- A clear Understanding and confidence for trading in options.
- Precise knowledge to get started with your options trading career.
- Understanding of how to apply best practices and strategies to make your options trading efficient and easier.
- And finally, making money with your trades.
Certification available after successfully completing the course!
Course Curriculum
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StartImportant Announcement
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StartL1: Introduction to Options (12:30)
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StartL1: Quiz
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StartL2: Understanding Options Jargons (16:55)
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StartL2: Quiz
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StartL3: Call Option Buying (13:51)
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StartL3: Quiz
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StartL4: Call Option Selling (9:04)
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StartL4: Quiz
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StartL5: Put Option Buying (8:48)
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StartL5: Quiz
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StartL6: Put Option Selling (10:51)
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StartL6: Quiz
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StartL7: Moneyness Of Option Contract (10:30)
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StartL7: Quiz
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StartL8: Option Chain (9:16)
Your Instructor
Hitesh Singhi, Head of Research at Trade Brains, is an active derivative trader with over +10 years of experience of trading in Futures and Options in Indian Equity market and International energy products like Brent Crude, WTI Crude, RBOB, Gasoline etc. He has traded on BSE, NSE, ICE Exchange & NYMEX Exchange. By qualification, Hitesh has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Christ University, Bangalore and MBA in Finance from Bangalore University.
Hitesh specializes in Options trading strategies. Before working full-time as independent trader, he started his trading career by working at a proprietary trading firm for seven years where he sharpened his skills in trading derivatives products. Hitesh has learned all the options and futures strategy from his personal experience by trial and error and uses those strategies for both hedging and Speculative purposes.
Hitesh is of the view that to be a successful trader, it's okay to make mistakes during initial phase while trading, but make sure that one learns something out of those mistakes. He also shares his fundamental and technical aspects of markets through his articles published at Trade Brains.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Introductory and first module will be available as soon as you enroll. The second module will be available to the enrolled students is the second week. And finally, the third and last module will be available in the third week.
We have divided this course on a three-week basis so that the enrolled students give ample amount of time for each lesson every week. Anyways, the validity of this course is one-year, which means that you can get sufficient time to rewatch all the videos anytime you want to watch in future. The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
-- Options Trading Beginner: If you are interested to learn options trading and do not know what to read, where to begin, this course is for you. Here, you’ll learn everything from scratch from options basics, terminologies, options value calculations, popular options trading strategies & more.
-- Intermediate Traders & investors: If you’re trading or investing in stocks for some time, and now want to get into derivative market, this course is also for you. The various option picking strategies discussed in this course will help to make the right options trades.
-- Busy People: The course is also suitable for young busy professionals to senior working people. As this course is only for 3.5 hours, even busy people can easily complete this course. But it is strictly advised to give an ample amount of time on each module for a clearer understanding.
For the enrolled students, you'll be provided the Instructor's contact after enrolling in the course. You can contact the instructor directly where you can ask all your doubts and queries.