I am considering supplementing my learning experience by enrolling in some type of options trading education. Have you used any of the online options schools, mentors, even online courses? I would love to hear your experiences. Can you recommend one, and if not, why not?
Best options education you can buy is from books. I recommend "Option Trading" by Euan Sinclair to get started. EDIT: the book shouldn't be used supplementally, it is a first course in my opinion. I think you could be a very intelligent person and still have the way you trade options drastically changed by one of the good books on the topic.
There is a tonne of information here on ET. I'm sure lots of people have learnt many things from this site (including me). First thing would be to read a book and I also recommend to go and trade just 1 contract on some options (should only cost around $100) and would be good for you to do whilst getting started.
All my friends who took classes, paid or unpaid, said they weren't helpful. Some even gave $ to the company that conducted classes to invest and ended up lost a lot of money. I took a lot of free classes on options from the brokerage I do business with. They were helpful in explaining how to use their software but not very helpful in making me a better trader. If I were you, I would buy and read a good book like McMillan.
This am I was also seeking to learn something about Options- The short video clips here were entertaining, very simply presented, and visually informative about some of the very basic concepts- such as illustrating terms-ITM, OTM, Decay up through videos in chapter 4. I did not get to watch the entire series, or learn about strategies. Yet. I'll finish the series , and then perhaps knock the dust off one of those "Free" Options books I sent away for -still sitting on the shelf . I learn better when the instruction is combined with visual content- so I liked this introductory series of short lessons. I am certain there are many other sites out there with free Ed content as well- 1st time i visited this particular site: https://www.dough.com/courses/stock-trading-101 (goes into Options in the following chapter videos) Got linked to it in another thread post here on ET discussing Options: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...ertrader-tastytrade-hybrid-experiment.300013/ Good Luck in your pursuit!
The TMX has a good educational portal for all levels. It's well done. Either watch short video's or read PDF files. http://www.m-x.tv/en/ Good luck
I want to get better at trading options, I lack in so many ways even after nearly four years studying and trading them. Although I been profitable in my trades, have found best strikes to use, durations etc, I just want to get better. Found this on net. http://www.kinetictrader.com/options-trading-course-reviews/ A buddy of mine took Options Animal. https://www.optionsanimal.com/ They have a weird sales setup, but you can negotiate, he ended up paying 8 grand, but after a year he making 100k on half a million, he does have 12 hour job six days a week, being a physician never changes, long hours... I will certainly check out www.21stcenturyinvestor.com and http://www.m-x.tv/en/ Thank you all