The product contains an on-line document, written for your web browser. You use your web browser with pages stored on your computer (you don't have to connect to the Internet) to read OptionTutuor, while you use OptionPeer to run the exercises.

Here is the table of contents for the product.

OptionTutor

Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction
  • SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS AND TEMPLATES
  • TUTORIAL LESSONS
    • Lesson 1: Introducing the OptionPeer Software
    Section 2: Basic Call Option Behavior

    • Lesson 2: Basic Call Option Behavior
    Section 3: What are Options?
    • Underlying Security
    • Expiration Date
    • Strike price
    • Contract: Two Parties
    • Option: Exercise Rights and Obligations
    • CALL: An Option to Buy Underlying Shares
    • PUT: An Option to Sell Underlying Shares
    • Should You Sell Or Exercise An Option?
    Section 4: Strike Price

    • Lesson 3: A Call Option At Expiration
    • Lesson 4: Strike Price Effects on Call Options
    • Lesson 5: A Put Option at Expiration
    • Lesson 6: Strike Price Effects On Put Options
    Section 5: Properties That Make Option Pricing More Complex
    • Lesson 7: Interest Rate Effects on Call Option Prices
    • Lesson 8: A Call Option with Volatility Value SIGMA
    • Lesson 9: Dividend Effects
    • Lesson 10: A Complete Basic Call Option
    • Lesson 11: Interest Rate Effects On Put Options
    • Lesson 12: A Complete Basic Put Option
    Section 6: Estimating Volatility

    • Lesson 13: How Volatility Affects Option Prices
    • Lesson 14: Estimating Sigma from Market Prices
    Section 7: Combining Stock and Options

    • Lesson 15: Insuring with a Protective Put
    • Lesson 16: Income from a Covered Call
    • Lesson 17: Insuring a Short Sale with a Protective Call
    Section 8: Strategies Involving Several Options.

    • Lesson 18: Straddle
    • Lesson 19: Strangle
    • Lesson 20: Call (Strike) Spread
    • Lesson 21: Butterfly spread
    Section 9: Equivalency

    • Lesson 22: Cash + Call = Stock + Protective Put
    • Lesson 23: Cash + Put = Short-Sale + Protective Call
    Section 10: Index & Futures Options

    • Cash Settlement & Exercise
    • Lesson 24: Trading S&P 500 Index Options
    Section 11: Trading Tips

    • Setting Up Your Account
    • Volatility and Liquidity
    • Limit Orders
    • Time Horizons
    • Settlement Times
    • Diversify Your Portfolio --Allocation
    • A Trading Example
    • Trend Trading Strategies
    Section 12: Concluding Remarks
    Appendix 1 -- Date/Price Abbreviations
    Appendix 2 -- Reading Option Tables

    • Wall Street Journal
    • New York Times
    Appendix 3 -- Additional Readings
    Appendix 4 -- Editing OptionPeer's Commission Tables
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