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Options Foundations

The Mark's FX Academy options course for forex traders: how options work, what moves their price, and defined-risk strategies with risk management built in.

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01🔒 Welcome to Options FoundationsOptions VIP
Chapter 1: Options Basics for Forex Traders
02🔒 1.1 What an option isOptions VIP03🔒 1.2 Calls and puts: the four basic positionsOptions VIP04🔒 1.3 Moneyness and the option chainOptions VIP05🔒 1.4 From forex to options: what changesOptions VIP06🔒 Chapter 1 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 2: What Moves an Option's Price
07🔒 2.1 Intrinsic and extrinsic valueOptions VIP08🔒 2.2 Time decay (theta)Options VIP09🔒 2.3 Implied volatility and IV crushOptions VIP10🔒 2.4 The Greeks in plain EnglishOptions VIP11🔒 2.5 Probability and the expected moveOptions VIP12🔒 Chapter 2 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 3: Setting Up to Trade
13🔒 3.1 Brokers, accounts and options approvalOptions VIP14🔒 3.2 Placing option orders the right wayOptions VIP15🔒 3.3 Practice first: your paper-trading planOptions VIP16🔒 Chapter 3 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 4: Buying Options
17🔒 4.1 Long callsOptions VIP18🔒 4.2 Long puts and protective putsOptions VIP19🔒 4.3 Why most option buyers lose (and how to avoid it)Options VIP20🔒 Chapter 4 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 5: Selling Options for Income
21🔒 5.1 Covered callsOptions VIP22🔒 5.2 Cash-secured putsOptions VIP23🔒 5.3 The wheel and rollingOptions VIP24🔒 5.4 Exercise, assignment and dividendsOptions VIP25🔒 Chapter 5 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 6: Vertical Spreads: Defined Risk
26🔒 6.1 Debit spreads: bull call and bear putOptions VIP27🔒 6.2 Credit spreads: bull put and bear callOptions VIP28🔒 6.3 Choosing strikes, width and expirationOptions VIP29🔒 6.4 Managing spreadsOptions VIP30🔒 Chapter 6 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 7: Range and Volatility Strategies
31🔒 7.1 Straddles and stranglesOptions VIP32🔒 7.2 Iron condorsOptions VIP33🔒 7.3 ButterfliesOptions VIP34🔒 7.4 Calendar spreadsOptions VIP35🔒 Chapter 7 knowledge checkOptions VIP
Chapter 8: Risk Management and Your Trading Plan
36🔒 8.1 Position sizing for optionsOptions VIP37🔒 8.2 Daily limits and trading rulesOptions VIP38🔒 8.3 Your trade journal and weekly reviewOptions VIP39🔒 8.4 Capstone: your options trading planOptions VIP40🔒 Chapter 8 knowledge checkOptions VIP