Options Trading Course London Academy of Trading

Overview

This Options Trading Course from the London Academy of Trading provides students with an understanding of the derivatives markets (futures and options) and how they are traded. It also explains the construction and applications of payoff diagrams and introduces a number of options trading strategies.

Course Delivery: Study online over the course of two weeks via four 90-minute interactive online sessions. Students will have access to an options trading platform to support their learning and will actively participate in trading sessions to gain an understanding of how what they have learnt is applicable in real-life scenarios.

Week 1: Introduction to the basics of options (puts, calls, spreads, straddles, and strangles), using practical examples to illustrate academic concepts.

Week 2: Practical trading sessions will enable delegates to apply what they have learnt to create options trading strategies, with help and guidance from the tutor. Week 1 academic themes will also be developed further, introducing the Greeks and further options trading strategies.

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

Understand the concepts of options trading

Recognise different option payoff profiles

Develop options trading strategies in real-time markets

Flexible Study Options

To keep our programmes flexible and accessible, we have developed online delivery methods for an uninterrupted flow of learning for all our students. This means you can extract maximum benefits from whichever course you choose, pause and restart your course at any time, and upgrade from one course to another just by paying the difference in course fees.

Our Expert Tutors

Our teaching faculty is comprised of experienced traders and analysts from major financial institutions, including HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and Bloomberg, who are eager to support our students through this exciting path they’ve chosen to take. All students have direct access to our team of trading mentors for ten hours every day, where they have the chance to develop robust and structured trading strategies on a 1:1 basis. We also host three daily webinars where our experts analyse the markets, answer questions, and stimulate discussions to enhance the learning process.