Options Trading Strategies

A BetterTrades education will answer one question that might be on the top of your mind: What is options trading?

Most people have heard horror stories about options: They're dangerous. They're unpredictable. You can lose all your money.

In certain circumstances, that can be true. But those same warnings also hold true about buying stocks. Any stock purchase is potentially dangerous and unpredictable. And if the stock falls to zero, you've lost it all. Five years ago, did anyone believe Lehman Brothers would go belly up?

With options, you can control more shares of stock for a much lower cost. You can take advantage of movements in the market, whether the bears or the bulls have control. You can make money whether your stock is going up or going down, if you choose the correct stock and apply the correct option trading strategy.

It all comes down to knowledge. With BetterTrades you can learn option trading and remove much of the uncertainty and pitfalls in the process.

No single stock option trading system exists. There are a multitude of strategies to trade options. A BetterTrades student should find the strategy that matches their personality and their comfort level.

There are many options trading strategies available to BetterTrades students. Under the system developed by Freddie Rick there are strategies that can work under various market conditions. There are covered calls and bull put spreads for bullish market; iron condors and calendar spreads for a neutral market; and bear put spreads and bear call spreads for bearish markets. At BetterTrades, you can find a wealth of strategies that can fit your trading needs.

Bear Call Spreads | Bear Put Spreads | Calendar Spreads | Covered Calls | Iron Condors