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    Options track · learn options trading one level at a time, like Duolingo

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    Unit 1 · What Are Options?

    Understand the essence of options: rights, obligations, and contract terms

    Start
    Rights and Obligations
    The Four Core Contract Terms
    Options vs. Stocks vs. Futures

    Unit 2 · The Four Basic Positions

    Profit and loss structures of buying and selling calls and puts

    Long Call
    Long Put
    Selling Options (Short)

    Unit 3 · What Value Is Made Of

    In the money / out of the money, intrinsic value, and time value

    In the Money, At the Money, Out of the Money
    Intrinsic Value and Time Value
    Time Decay

    Unit 4 · How Options Are Priced

    Pricing factors, implied volatility, and put-call parity

    The Six Pricing Factors
    Implied Volatility
    Pricing Models and Put-Call Parity

    Unit 5 · The Greeks

    Use Delta, Gamma, Theta, and Vega to quantify risk

    Delta and Gamma
    Theta and Vega
    Using the Greeks in Practice

    Unit 6 · Three Core Beginner Strategies

    Covered calls, protective puts, and cash-secured puts

    Covered Call
    Protective Put
    Cash-Secured Put (CSP)

    Unit 7 · Spreads and Combinations

    Vertical spreads, straddles, iron condors, and butterflies

    Vertical Spreads
    Straddles and Strangles
    Iron Condors and Butterflies

    Unit 8 · Execution and Risk Control

    Exercise, assignment, liquidity, and position sizing

    Exercise, Assignment, and Settlement
    Liquidity and Order Entry
    Position Sizing and Common Mistakes

    Chapter Boss: Theta Reaper

    Your time value belongs to me — every single day.

    🔒 Complete every lesson in this chapter to challenge

    ⚔️ Advanced

    Unit 9 · Advanced Volatility

    Smile, skew, term structure, and volatility risk premium

    Volatility Smile and Skew
    IV Term Structure
    Volatility Risk Premium

    Unit 10 · Advanced Greeks and the Market-Maker View

    Second-order Greeks, gamma hedging flows, and margin

    Second-Order Greeks
    Gamma Hedging and Market Flows
    Margin and Forced Liquidation

    Unit 11 · Time-Spreads and Advanced Strategies

    Calendars, diagonals, ratio spreads, and synthetic positions

    Calendar and Diagonal Spreads
    Ratio and Backspreads
    Collars and Synthetic Positions

    Unit 12 · Advanced Trade Management

    Rolling, earnings-event trading, and trading systems

    Rolling and Position Adjustment
    Earnings and Event Trading
    Trading Systems and Psychology

    🐉 Chapter Boss: Volatility Dragon

    One sneeze from me and your vega is hospitalized.

    🔒 Complete every lesson in this chapter to challenge

    🎲 Mechanics · tastylive style

    Unit 13 · Probabilistic Thinking

    tastylive Mechanics I: POP, 16 Delta, and the time window

    Betting with Probabilities
    16 Delta and One Standard Deviation
    Enter at 45 DTE, Exit at 21 DTE

    Unit 14 · Systematic Trading

    tastylive Mechanics II: small sizing, portfolio checkups, and defense

    Trade Small, Trade Often
    Give the Portfolio a Checkup
    The Defensive Playbook

    ☠️ Chapter Boss: Margin Call Reaper

    I collect umbrellas precisely when the rain is heaviest.

    🔒 Complete every lesson in this chapter to challenge

    📐 Futures · Interest · Options

    Unit 20 · Futures and Margin

    Two-sided obligations, daily settlement, roll decay

    Futures: The Binding Vow
    Margin and Daily Settlement
    Term Structure and Roll Decay

    Unit 21 · Interest and Carry

    Pricing's gravity: carry, dividends, synthetic loans

    The Cost-of-Carry Model
    Dividends and Early Exercise
    The Thread That Binds

    🚂 Chapter Boss: Roll Devourer

    You move house every month, and every month's rent lands in my pocket.

    🔒 Complete every lesson in this chapter to challenge

    This course is for educational purposes only and is not investment advice. Options trading is high risk and can result in the loss of your entire principal.