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Stock Option Trading

Stock option trading is by far the most popular of the suite of underlying financial instruments from which derivatives are traded. You can also trade options on commodities and foreign exchange rates, even options on futures ... but company stocks listed on the major world exchanges are usually the first port of call for aspiring options traders.

When we say "stocks" we include stock indexes and exchange traded funds such as the SPY (based on the S&P500) or the QQQQ (mimics the Nasdaq Top 100) in the mix. Search the internet for options trading courses and you'll find the vast majority are focussed on the stock market.

In this section of our website we plan to explore option trading as it particularly relates to the stock market. Many of the option trading strategies outlined in other parts of the site are clearly about stock option trading, but the principles in the main can be applied to commoditites and currencies as well. But here, you will find education and commentaries which may include examples of specific stocks and how they can be traded.

So let's get started ...