Options for Beginners

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About this course

  • 44 professional recorded videos
  • Interactive, each chapter has a test to complete
  • 10-12 hours of valuable content
  • Bonus lessons
  • Final exam at the end
  • Official certificate
  • Free reader; a complete summary of the course

Course Curriculum

  1. Background & History 
  2. What is an option?
  3. Why invest in options?
  4. What is a call-option?
  5. What is a put-option?
  6. Characteristics of option contracts
  7. The price of an option
  8. When to buy and sell call options?
  9. When to buy and sell put options?
  10. Summary and conclusion

 Free extra’s; 

  1. Bonus lessons 

Course Content

Introduction
Introduction by Kaspar Huijsman
Introducing the teachers
Functionality of the course
1. Background & history
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background
1.3 History 1 Test
Lesson Content
1.4 Lessons learnt
2. What is an option?
2.1 Introduction
2.2 What is an option? 1 Test
Lesson Content
2.3 Lessons learnt
3. Why should you invest in options?
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Why invest in options? 1 Test
3.3 Lessons learnt
4. What is a call-option
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Call options 1 Test
Lesson Content
4.3 Lessons learnt
5. What is a put-option
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Put options 1 Test
Lesson Content
5.3 Lessons learnt
6. Characteristics of option contracts
6.1 Introduction
6.2 How to read options? 1 Test
6.3 How do options look like in your portfolio? 1 Test
6.4 In-at or out of the money? 1 Test
6.5 Physical delivery / cash settlement 1 Test
6.6 Lessons learnt
7. The price of an option
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The two components of the price of an option 1 Test
7.3 Intrinsic value 1 Test
Lesson Content
Lessons learnt 7.2 & 7.3
Time value
7.4 Time value 1 Test
Lesson Content
7.5 Time value – impact of interest on the price of an option 1 Test
7.6 Time value – impact of dividend on the price of an option 1 Test
7.7 Time value – impact of the underlying value on the price of an option 1 Test
7.8 Time value – impact of the duration on the price of an option 1 Test
7.9 Time value – impact of the volatility on the price of an option 1 Test
7.10 lessons learnt: time value
Summary- price of an option
7.11 Summary – Price of an option
8. When to buy and sell call options?
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Buying a call option 1 Test
8.3 Selling a call option 1 Test
8.4 Rolling a call option 1 Test
8.5 Lessons learnt
9. When to buy and sell put options?
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Buying a put option 1 Test
9.3 Selling a put option 1 Test
9.4 Rolling a put option 1 Test
9.5 Lessons learnt
Bonus lessons
Bonus lesson 1 1 Test
Lesson Content
Bonus lesson 2 1 Test
Lesson Content
10. Summary and conclusion
10.1 Lessons learnt
Final exam