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Options Boot Camp

Options Boot Camp is designed to help get you into peak options trading shape by teaching you options trading inside and out, basic to complex. Listeners can even submit their own options questions to be answered on the program.

Apr 19, 2012

BASIC TRAINING - BUYING OPTIONS

  • Buying Options, with special guest Joe Burgoyne from the Options Industry Council.
  • Benefits & Downsides of buying options.
  • The Greeks most relevant to novice options buyers.
  • Bullish Example: Buying a call
  • Bearish/Defensive Example: Buying a put.
  • Common options buying mistakes: Buying...


Apr 11, 2012

Options Bootcamp 2: The Greeks

Basic Training:

  • Risk variables (aka "the Greeks") are Delta, gamma, theta, and vega.
  • Delta: The measure of the sensitivity of the options' price given a change in the underlying instrument. It's also used to view the likelihood of whether an option will expire in-the-money.
  • Gamma:...