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Getting Started with Options Trading

It is easier to get started than you think, once you have determined your goals.
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What is Options Trading?

Detailed article delineating exactly what options trading is.
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Fundamentals of Options Trading

The basics of equity options and what they consist of.
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What is the Bid-Ask Spread?

Understanding the bid-Ask spread and how it can be used to tell whether order flow is bullish or bearish.
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Risk & Leverage within Options Trading

Understanding risk/leverage, intrinsic/time value, long/short, and opening/closing transactions.
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What is Smart Money?

An explanation of smart money and the context it is used in.
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What are Sweeps, Blocks, and Splits?

An explanation of the different order types including intermarket sweeps, block orders, and split orders.
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In the Money vs. Out of the Money

The difference between ITM contracts and OTM contracts.
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What are options Greeks?

Breaking down Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, and RHO.
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