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Video · Beginner–Intermediate
Explains how vertical spreads combine options to create defined-risk and defined-reward positions. (Options Education)
View resource: Debit and Credit Spreads: The Basics ExplainedFilm · 2011
Follows an investment bank during the first hours of a financial crisis and explores risk, leverage, and difficult decisions.
Details & providers: Margin Call
Article · Beginner
A clear introduction to calls, puts, strike prices, premiums, expiration, and the basic rights and obligations of option contracts. (Options Education)
View resource: Options Basics
Video · Beginner
A beginner-friendly overview of calls, puts, option contracts, strike prices, expiration, pricing basics, and exercise styles.
View resource: Options Basics, Types, and ContractsBook · Beginner
A practical introduction to options, covering calls, puts, spreads, Greeks, and basic trading mechanics.
Explore book: Understanding Options
Article · Beginner
An official investor bulletin covering listed options, underlying assets, basic mechanics, and important risks. Updated in 2026. (Investor)
View resource: An Introduction to Options
Article · Intermediate
Covers option pricing, Greeks, index options, volatility, Black-Scholes concepts, and strategy construction. (Options Education)
View resource: Getting Started — Advanced Options Concepts
Video · Beginner
Introduces options terminology, calls and puts, expiration, exercise, assignment, and basic option pricing.
View resource: Getting Started with Options
Video · Intermediate
Shows how an ATM call and put can be combined to create a position designed around a large move in either direction. (Options Education)
View resource: Long Straddle Basics: Combining a Call and a PutVideo · Intermediate
Explains how a strangle differs from a straddle, including lower premium, wider break-even points, and Greek exposure. (Options Education)
View resource: Long Strangle Basics: Trading Movement for Lower CostFilm · 2013
Examines the Federal Reserve, monetary policy and its relationship with financial markets and crises.
Details & providers: Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Article · Beginner–Intermediate
Covers pricing, exercise and assignment, liquidity, and other common options questions in an educational webinar format. (fidelity.com)
View resource: Options Trading A to Z
Article · Beginner
A broad beginner learning path covering pricing, calls, puts, strike selection, expiration, position sizing, and common mistakes. (fidelity.com)
View resource: Options Trading for Beginners
Book · Intermediate
Examines rare, consequential events and the limits of forecasting and explanations built after the fact.
Explore book: The Black SwanBook · Beginner
Discusses broad index investing, diversification, costs and the long-term effects of fees.
Explore book: The Little Book of Common Sense InvestingBook · Beginner–Intermediate
Introduces options through probability, strategy construction, position sizing and portfolio risk.
Explore book: The Unlucky Investor’s Guide to Options TradingBook · Advanced / Quant
Covers volatility smiles and surfaces, stochastic volatility, option pricing, and hedging from a quantitative perspective.
Explore book: The Volatility SurfaceFilm · 1983
A comedy about two men whose lives are swapped, with a finale involving commodity futures and an information advantage.
Details & providers: Trading Places
Article · Intermediate
Introduces implied volatility, volatility skew, VIX, and how volatility can differ across strikes and expirations. (prd-web.optionseducation.org)
View resource: Understanding Volatility and Options SkewGo deeper with the BeInOptions Academy
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