5 Options Trading Strategies For Beginners
Options are among the most popular vehicles for traders, because their price can move fast, making (or losing) a lot of money quickly. Options strategies can range from quite simple to very complex, with a variety of payoffs and sometimes odd names. (Iron condor, anyone?)
Regardless of their complexity, all options strategies are based on the two basic types of options: the call and the put.
Below are five popular options trading strategies, a breakdown of their reward and risk and when a trader might leverage them for their next investment. While these strategies are fairly straightforward, they can make a trader a lot of money — but they aren’t risk-free. Here are a few guides on the basics of call options and put…
