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Beginner

What is an options contract?Stock trading vs. options trading Options contract specifics Call vs. put options basics Buying options vs. selling options Options profit and loss diagrams Options pricing tables Option moneyness (ITM, OTM, and ATM)Options pricing and the "Greeks"Options expiration and assignment What's our "edge" trading options?Single vs. multi-leg options strategies Small account options strategies

Intermediate

Fearless, confident options trading Historical volatility vs. implied volatility Predicting market moves Trade size and capital reserves Portfolio balance and beta weighting How to choose the best options strategy How far out to place trades?Strike price anchoring with probabilities Tips on getting your trades filled Advanced and contingent orders 7 step options trade entry checklist

Advanced

Developing a daily trading routine How to avoid "Black Swan" events Adjusting and hedging option trades Exiting options trades automatically Options strategies we don't adjust (and why)Big picture adjustment strategy When to adjust or not Adjusting straddles and strangles Adjusting credit spreads, iron condors, and calendars Smarter stop-loss orders Building a diversified options portfolio Rolling options trades for duration and premium Options expiration week position checklist Dealing with stock assignment and dividends How to free up trading margin and cash

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Options basics

Why options vs. stocks?What is an options contract?Smart use of leverage Option strike price Option premium Option expiration Option contract multiplier Profit and loss diagrams Long call option explained Short call option explained Long put option explained Short put option explained ATM, ITM, and OTM options Cash vs. margin basics High probability trading defined How to buy a call option How to buy a put option Single-leg vs. multi-leg What is the VIX?Is fundamental analysis dead?

Entering and exiting trades

Game of numbers 7 step entry checklist Strong liquidity examples Picking the next direction Scanning for trades Option pricing table basics Setting up your trade tab Pinning your probability of profit Using delta for probabilities Buy to open vs sell to open Buy to close vs sell to close Market, limit, stop loss orders 5 types of contingent orders Limit orders Market orders Limit on close orders Market on close orders Advanced contingent orders Taking profits before expiration Mechanics of rolling Consider future events

Options expiration

Options expiration explained What is the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)?Physical vs. cash settlement options American vs. European style options Weekly options expiration Weekly expiration tags/codes Options assignment process Options exercise process Trading timeline (duration)

Bullish options strategies

Bull put spread Bull call spread Long call Short put Bull call backspread Put broken wing butterfly Call calendar spread Put diagonal spread Custom naked put Covered call Synthetic long stock

Neutral options strategies

Short straddle Long straddle Iron condors Short strangle Long strangle Iron butterfly Unbalanced iron condors

Bearish options strategies

Bear call spread Bear put spread Long put Short call Bear put backspread Call broken wing butterfly Put calendar spread Call diagonal spread Custom naked call Covered put Synthetic short stock

Portfolio managmeent

No guaranteed trades Don't do something, sit there Account size adjustments Avoiding stock market overload Stocks, indexes, & ETFs Monitoring positions Creating automatic alerts Individual stock beta Portfolio beta Beta weighting your portfolio Uncorrelated industries/sectors Systematic vs. unsystematic risk Efficient portfolio frontier Limiting undefined risk trades Economic calendar Concept of legging

Options pricing and volatility

How to find option price quotes Understanding the math IV vs. IV percentile Probability of profit vs. probability of touch Option probability curve Bid-ask spread defined IV expected vs. actual move The "Greeks"Fatal pricing errors Inverse ETFs Options parity

Adjusting trades

#1 adjustment for any trade When to adjust a trade Single options trade vs. overall portfolio Leveraging the analyze tab Call spread adjustments Put spread adjustments Short strangle adjustments Iron condor adjustments Short straddle adjustments Calendar spread adjustments Debit spread adjustments Butterfly adjustments Using stop losses Delta hedging Rolling positions Pairs hedging

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Bot automations

What is an automation?Scanner automations Monitor automations Event automations Editing automations Reusing automations Copying automations Ordering automations Using custom inputs Bot level inputs Automation statuses Automations library

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Bot examples

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Decision recipes

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Position statement

Activity summary Position details Trade details Opened positions Closed positions Canceled positions Override positions Expired positions Position history Manually open position Manually close position Import position

Order pricing

SmartPricing Final price settings Position summary Order details Working orders Manual override

Bot templates

Creating new templates Updating existing templates Deleting templates Sharing templates Updating shared templates Template best practices

Cloning bots

Cloning existing bots Cloning from template Cloning from shared template

Troubleshooting

Using bot logs Testing your bots Not enough capital warning Daily position limit warning Total position limit warning Pricing anomaly warning Missing or invalid input error Daily symbol limit error Excessive errors failsafe Overlapping strikes failsafe Price exceeds strike-difference error Options expiration protocol Duplicate orders error Options approval level error Bot event loops Stock splits and corporate actions Supported browsers Supported countries

Community forum

Community guidelines Crafting your introduction Sending group messages Sending private messages Attaching bot templates Receiving bot templates Attaching automations Receiving automations Following traders Posting publicly Editing posts and messages Subscribed discussions Using bookmarks

Using backtester

Running a new backtest Backtesting results summary Modifying existing backtests My backtests Backtesting research database Top backtests Backtesting errors

Account settings

My profile Trading accounts Connecting to TDAmeritrade Connecting to TradeStation Connecting to Tradier Incompatible accounts Password management Session timeout Two-step authentication

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