Options Markets I

Through a series of lectures, exercises and case studies, students learn the basic terminology, products, strategies, and techniques that spell success in the options market regardless of market environment.






Traders, sales professionals, back office professionals, financial analysts, cash/money managers, auditors, compliance professionals, financial and bank officers, accountants and regulators.
No advance preparation required.
Students will be able to:
  • Define options and be familiar with options terminology
  • Understand buying, selling and hedging with options
  • Analyze options strategies
  • Describe options on Exchange Traded Funds and Indexes
  • Explore options pricing
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Options Markets 1
Options: Definitions and Terminology
  • Calls
  • Puts
  • Underlying security
  • Exercise price (strike price)
  • Expiration date

The Call Option

  • Buying calls
  • Selling (writing) calls

The Put Option

  • Buying puts
  • Selling (writing) puts
  • Hedging with puts

Options Strategies

  • Bullish strategies
  • Bearish strategies

Options on Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's)

  • Small cap indexes

Options on indexes

  • Sector indexes

Options Pricing

  • Variables affecting an Option's Value
  • The price of the underlying
  • Time to expiration
  • Exercise price
  • Market psychology

Clients who register for this course will receive a complimentary 4-month subscription to FT.com. The Financial Times is the world's most respected financial newspaper, providing a broad assessment on finance, business and the industrial sector. The move to the electronic version follows an ongoing review of our environmental responsibilities as a global business and as part of the Pearson group. FT.com also has features that are not available in hard copy, such as: Special Reports, Alphaville, editor blogs, education sections and much more! Subscriptions will start within 6-8 weeks of the start of class and are limited to one subscription per client. (Please note: as of May 1, 2011, the electronic subscription replaces the hard-copy 3-month Financial Times subscription.)

Lunch is included for all students taking day classes.