Options Trading for Beginners 2024 (The ULTIMATE In-Depth Guide)

The essential options trading concepts explained for complete beginners.

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⏰ Video Timestamps ⏰
00:00 Intro (Download Video PDF in Description)
00:30 What Are Options? Basic Definition
03:18 Key Options Terminology
03:54 Strike Price, Expiration Date, and Contract Multiplier
06:46 Buying Call Options (Long Calls) Explained (With TSLA Example)
12:48 What is Exercising an Option?
15:28 How to Lose Money Buying Call Options
18:20 Buying Put Options (Long Puts) Explained (With Examples)
24:12 Why You Don't Have to Exercise Options to Make Profits
26:33 Option Prices vs. "Exercise Profits"
29:19 Option Prices Explained: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value
31:07 Call Option Intrinsic Value Explained
32:34 Put Option Intrinsic Value Explained
33:57 Why Options With NO Intrinsic Value Are Valuable?
36:03 Extrinsic/Time Value Explained
39:07 Understanding Option Prices AT Expiration
42:14 Option Prices vs. Time to Expiration & Stock Volatility
47:07 Option "Moneyness" Explained (In-the-Money, At-the-Money, Out-of-the-Money)
49:40 Introduction to 'Shorting' Options and Buying/Selling to Close/Open
51:40 Shorting Call Options Explained (Risk Graphs & Trade Examples)
55:02 Shorting Put Options Explained (Risk Graphs & Trade Examples)
59:58 Understanding Implied Volatility (IV) & Realized Volatility
1:03:01 Why Implied Volatility is Important
1:07:59 What Do Changes in Implied Volatility Represent?
1:09:10 Exercise and Assignment Explained Further
1:12:26 When Options Will Be Auto-Exercised/Assigned
1:15:07 Why Options Traders FEAR Early Assignment (And Why You Shouldn't Worry)
1:21:41 The Option Greeks Delta and Theta Explained
1:28:49 Examining Delta and Theta on Coinbase (COIN) Options
1:32:13 Understanding Position-Level Delta Exposure
1:34:52 Understanding Delta as Share Equivalency
1:36:37 tastytrade Options Trading Platform Overview
1:37:43 How to Read an Options Chain (The Trade Tab on tastytrade)
1:43:40 Buying Power Effect / Margin Requirement Explained
1:44:58 Volume and Open Interest Explained
1:50:15 Executing a Trade in QQQ (Buying a Put Option)
1:51:53 Placing a Stop-Loss Order
1:54:47 Closing My Long Put Option Position (Sell-to-Close)
1:55:29 Executing a SHORT Put Option Position (Sell-to-Open a Put)
2:00:29 Backtesting and Modeling Options Trades With OptionNET Explorer (Paid Tool)
2:11:50 Using an Options Pricing Calculator to Understand Option Prices (Free Tool)
2:12:02 Which Stocks/Options to Trade? (Analyzing Option Liquidity)

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