Name: Understanding Options
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Rating: 4.88 (32 reviews)

Understanding Options

Overview

Understanding Options Overview

This Understanding Options course provides an overview of options terminology and how options can be used effectively. We explore moneyness, intrinsic vs. extrinsic value, and also show simple hedging strategies. We also look at pay off diagrams and how we can use an option pricing model to determine effective strategies.

Who Should Take This Course?

This Understanding Options course is great for anyone looking to enhance their knowledge of derivatives and options. These tools can be used in careers involving trading and managing the exposure of a portfolio.

Understanding Options Learning Objectives

Define the basic terminology surrounding options such as calls vs. puts, and obligations vs. rights
Understand option pay-off profiles and compare them with futures and forwards
Interpret time value and intrinsic value and identify the concept of put-call parity
Explain the moneyness of an option and evaluate how time and price affect the premium of an option
Compare options with simple future/forward hedges alongside examining common option hedges
Describe long call and long put hedges and summarize the concept of portfolio protection

Prerequisite Skills

Recommended skills to have before taking this course.

Basic Math
Critical thinking

What You'll Learn

Lesson

Multimedia

Exams

Files

Qualified Assessment

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA®) Certification

Skills Learned Trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets
Career Prep Work in capital markets, whether on the buy-side or the sell-side

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Financial Planning & Wealth Management Professional (FPWMP®) Certification

Skills Learned Financial Learning, Business Development, Investment Management, Practice Management, Relationship Management
Career Prep Financial Planner, Investment Advisor, Portfolio Manager

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What Our Members Say

good experience

Basics well presented and explained

venugopal rajamanuri

awesome

I particularly liked the practical aspect of the course using the option strategy modeler.

Derick Twesigye

Amazing

Great Course to understand about Option Mechanics.

Manoj Kumar P

Good primer on options

Good overview of options and their valuation.

Sylvain DAVID

Good for beginners

Its good for beginners. does not go into too much of detail

Anuj Kaundal

Fantastic Course

Great for getting a grasp of the mechanics and pricing of options

Daniel Donnelly

Informative, empowering, foundational

CFI has helped to solidify foundational concepts leading to a more informed perspective in the investment landscape as a whole which is empowering and exciting.

Joseph Girard

Very clear and informative course

Definitely recommended

Aigerim Akylova

Very insightful, extensive course

Great intensive course delivered in a professional manner

Galina Dimitrova

clear and concise

lecturer was clear, visuals helped

Christopher Leung

Understanding options

It was great. Learned a lot of new insights on options

Christian Caye Decasa

excellent

great introduction to options

Diego Leon Quilotte

Options

Options are a very interesting product that we use to hedge long and short positions in assets or currency trade.

Irakli Partsvania

Good introductory course

Great comprehensive course

Desire Matabane

Understanding Options

Informative and challenging

Joseph Barasa

Keep going

This course is not only important for capital markets and security analysts, but also for foreign exchange traders too.

Atinafu Asefa

Experience

Nice breakdown of course material

Newton Wachira

Incredible

"Options" is a very interesting topic and the videos simplified it

Powell Alexander

Understanding Options

Very exciting course, keeps you interested throughout. Highly recommend.

Carlos Fernandes

Precise and easily understood

Shorting each video into less than 3 min and making them so easily understand is very good. I really appreciate your works and lectures

Victor joshua Adeoye

Excellent Intro to options

The method that teaches you to distinct the types of options is amazing.

Konstantinos Lekkas

Great Courses and Challenging

I feel my knowledge enhance about option trading

Arvin winatha

Great course

I really understood options more, it was amazing.

Grzegorz Mularski

super informative

well explained and easy to understand

Romeo Florea

Excellent course and insightful

The Options strategy modeler makes it so easy to understand the behaviour of Options when they are combined. Excellent course. Interesting to discover how Options can be used to hedge underlying positions and for speculative purposes.

Linda Etuhole Nakasole

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Understanding Options

Understanding Options Overview

Who Should Take This Course?

Understanding Options Learning Objectives

What You'll Learn

Introduction

Terminology and Applications

Hedging and Calculations

Qualified Assessment

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA®) Certification

Financial Planning & Wealth Management Professional (FPWMP®) Certification

What Our Members Say

venugopal rajamanuri

Derick Twesigye

Manoj Kumar P

Sylvain DAVID

Anuj Kaundal

Daniel Donnelly

Joseph Girard

Aigerim Akylova

Galina Dimitrova

Christopher Leung

Christian Caye Decasa

Diego Leon Quilotte

Irakli Partsvania

Desire Matabane

Joseph Barasa

Atinafu Asefa

Newton Wachira

Powell Alexander

Carlos Fernandes

Victor joshua Adeoye

Konstantinos Lekkas

Arvin winatha

Grzegorz Mularski

Romeo Florea

Linda Etuhole Nakasole

Frequently Asked Questions