This article attempts to set out the basic features that you will need to know in order to learn options trading. By the time you end this article, you should know what an option is, how they work and how you could potentially incorporate this into your overall trading strategy.

Back to basics

An option is a contract between the buyer (the “holder”) and the seller (the “writer”) that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to:

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