Masterclass on Advanced Options Strategies

You may get lured by the higher returns offered by options and start trading. However, you may face substantial losses if you get into options trading without understanding how the derivatives market works.

Conversely, you may avoid options trading because you find it too complicated and risky. You might hesitate to dive into this market because you're worried about losing your capital, thus missing out on higher returns.

Considering the above situations, we have curated this course to help you become an independent options trader.

This options trading course is a live interactive course where you will learn how to trade in options. You will get handholding from the expert who will guide you on how to set the stock's entry and exit levels, various options trading strategies and their practical application through backtesting, risk management and position sizing.

So, let us further dive in to understand what this course has in store for you:

• Live Interactive Session: You will get access to live interactive sessions where the expert will introduce you to key concepts and provide an experiential understanding of various tools and & techniques to build and execute options trading strategy. 
• Live Market Session: You will also get experience of live trading sessions with our mentor, where he will show his approach to taking trades. He will also help you to implement your learnings in the real market.
• Doubt-clearing Session: You also get a doubt-clearing session where our mentor will answer your questions and offer insightful feedback to help you improve your options trading skills. 
• Community Support: Furthermore, you will get handholding through chat support that will help you gain the confidence to trade independently. Here, you can post your queries and interact with your peers regularly for query resolutions.
• Certificate of Completion: You will receive a certificate of completion after successfully passing the examination.
• StockEdge Premium: You'll get free access to StockEdge Premium for one month. This will help you analyze the market data to make your research faster and easier using the derivative analytics tool, volume, delivery, futures & options scans, etc. 

Please find below the topics covered under this course - Masterclass on Advanced Options Strategies:

Topic 1: Introduction to Technical Analysis 

• Basics of Technical Analysis: 

Technical analysis is one of the essential weapons to succeed in options trading. So, you will first gain an in-depth understanding of technical analysis, including basic terminologies, assumptions, theory, and technical principles. 

• Understand Charting Patterns: 

In this session, you will learn to identify the entry and exit levels of the stock. You will analyze classical chart patterns such as double top and bottom, wedge, flag, pennant, hammer, hanging man, shooting star, bullish and bearish engulfing, bullish and bearish harami, evening star patterns, etc. 

• Explore the Technical Indicators: 

You will also learn how to spot positive and negative divergence using the Relative Strength Index (RSI). Here, you will get an assignment where you have to identify the following chart patterns and trends and share the screenshot of these charts from TradingView.

Topic 2: Introduction to Derivatives

• In-depth understanding of Derivatives: 

Moving on, you will understand derivatives and how the equity market differs from the derivatives market. Here, you will also explore different types of derivative instruments, such as Forwards, Futures, Options, and Swaps. 

• Basic concept of Futures: 

In this live session, you will learn more about the futures market and the basic terminologies of futures, such as standardized contracts, settlement dates, open interest, etc. Then, you will learn how to calculate and interpret open interest and how it relates to the price and volume of futures contracts, touching upon market trends.

• Index F&O v/s Stock F&O: 

Further, you will explore the difference between index and stock futures and options while learning how to extract and interpret various data using the NSE website and StockEdge App to get valuable information about market sentiment. Lastly, you will understand the future pricing methods and the concept of contango and backwardation.

Topic 3: Introduction to Options 

• Gain a comprehensive knowledge of Options: 

After understanding the workings of the derivatives market and everything about futures, you will understand the basics of options and its types, such as call and put with an example. You will then move on to decode various terminologies such as underlying asset, strike price, expiration date, option writer, volume, open interest and option chain. You will also understand how to read and analyze the option chain on the NSE website. 

• Understand the Risk-Reward Payoff & Moneyness: 

Further, you will understand the risk-reward payoff of call & put and build the strategy using Opstra Options. Next, you will look at the most important concept of option trading, i.e., the option's intrinsic value and time value, which lays the foundation for moneyness (ITM, OTM and ATM). You will also learn how to leverage open interest analysis using the NSE website to make informed decisions. 

• Identify the Entry and Exit Levels: 

As we progress, you must understand the support and resistance to know the entry and exit from trades. So, you will learn how to spot resistance from the option buyer and seller perspective. Additionally, you will understand how to analyze the option contracts by using chart patterns & open interest. 

Topic 4: Option Greeks 

• Analyze the Derivative Contract: 

Now that you thoroughly understand the basics, risk-reward payoff, and moneyness, let us dive deep. You will now understand the difference between American and European options and the concept of cash settlement and delivery settlement. You will then learn how to analyze the derivatives contract with practical implication and go through various tools such as open interest and put call ratio that predicts the market trends and sentiment. 

• Pricing of Option Premium: 

Further, you will gain insights into the pricing of option premiums and understand the factors that affect the pricing, such as underlying price, strike price, expiration date, implied volatility, and interest rates. 

• Concept of Option Greeks: 

You will now explore why option Greeks act as a sword and shield in option trading. So, we'll then discuss the concept of option Greeks and illustrate the intricate roles that delta, gamma, vega, theta, and rho play in determining premium by analyzing these Greeks.

• Understand Volatility & Options Trading Strategies: 

In this option trading course online, you will also understand the calculation of historical volatility, the distributive curve of vega, implied volatility, and their relationship with the Volatility Index (VIX) and explore the setup of the golden bank nifty, delta neutral strategy, gamma hulk, strangle using Opstra and Stock Mock. Next, you will understand the delta and gamma with time, theta, and the contract's volatility and analyse the IV percentile.  

Topic 5: Options Strategies and Options Repairs and Adjustment, Max Pain Theory and Trading Rules

• Advanced Options Strategies: 

In this session, you will learn to build various advanced option strategy by understanding directional bullish & bearish, neutral and advanced strategies such as call spread, put spread, butterfly condor, covered call, protective put, calendar, and many more with their practical application through backtesting using Opstra and Stock Mock. You will also gain an understanding of the put-call parity equation. 

• Risk Management & Position Sizing: 

Furthermore, through this online option trading course, you will also understand the criteria to build the following strategies for setting the stock's entry and exit levels and understanding risk management and position sizing. 

• Options Repairs & Adjustment and Max Pain Theory: 

We must understand how to adjust the following strategy to get substantial returns in options trading. So, in this live session, you will learn strategy repairs, volatility skew, and max pain theory, which are crucial in shaping the right mindset for trade.

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