Get started with MTM’s options trading video tutorials on your way to becoming a more successful trader.
LEAPS options are long-term options that expire between one and two and a half years. Learn how to trade LEAPS options in this short options-trader tutorial.
LEAPS can make a great addition to a longer-term investor’s portfolio, adding both leverage and protection. These longer-term options are also more affected by changes in volatility and the interest rate, giving traders and investors more opportunities to trade options nuances. LEAPS options are also often traded as part of a diagonal in what is sometimes referred to as a “Poor-man’s covered call”.
This short video reveals all the basics you need to get started in LEAPS options.
Traders who trade weekly options can potentially outperform those who don’t. Short weeklys options have big time decay or hight theta. Long weeklys options are low cost and have high gamma.
Serial weekly options have benefits as well, adding more expiration choices, thus increasing traders’ flexibility to optimize options expirations.
This short video reveals all the basics you need to get started in weekly options.
Learn how to use income trades to generate a high probability of success. It all starts with a strong foundation. Watch this “Introduction to Income Trading” tutorial…
Income trading is a family of powerful option trading strategies that can profit in certain market environments that are not possible by trading the stock alone.
Use these strategies to profit in complacent markets, slow trending markets and markets with support and resistance expected to hold in the short term.
Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature. No statement on this site is intended to be a recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell any security or to provide trading or investment advice. Traders and investors considering options should consult a professional tax advisor as to how taxes may affect the outcome of contemplated options transactions.
Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
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