Options Boot Camp Episode 1: Options Basics
Episode description
Options Bootcamp: Premiere Episode
- Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider
- Co-Host: Dan Passarelli, Market Taker Mentoring
- Guests: Michael Raneri and Tony Leach from Zecco
Basic Training: Dan and Mark make the case for trading options, shattering myths and resetting expectations. The evolution of options: eliminating barriers to entry, increasing the flow of information, commissions. What is an option? The impact of timeframe on options. What are calls and puts? The leverage, safety, and risk management components to options. How options can be income-generating. Long call and long put examples.
Roll Call: Mark and Dan are joined by Tony Leach and Michael Raneri from Zecco. They touch on the need for more options education. Why did Zecco want to educate the retail options trading audience? For Zecco, why options, and why now? Zecco's new trading platform: The single trading page approach, contextual trading, help mode, ease of spread execution, the depth of spread calculations within the strategy chain, customization options, ratio spreads, and the many functions available in the mobile app. Zecco's social media initiatives. The importance of knowing how to effectively use options in your portfolio.