I have no clue about stocks and trading and options. Has anyone heard of options express? Also, most importantly, what is the best FREE way to learn how to do all this.
It sounds like you're a true newbie, I wouldn't get involved in option trading at first, try something simple and move on from there.
search for recommended books here on ET and then see if you can get them from your library system. Learn to use the interlibrary lending system, you can get some very hard to get books that way..