http://www.options-trading-education.com/23996/make-money-trading-options/ Make Money Trading Options Last week we wrote about writing stock options for income. This is one way to make money trading options. A common example is to sell a covered call option on a stock that is unlikely to go up in price. The other way to make money trading options is to buy calls or puts on stocks whose price you believe will change before expiration of the options contract. This raises the subject of just what are calls and puts and how do you make money trading options in this manner. Selling Options Over the long term those who sell, or write, options contracts make more money than those who purchase them. The problem for options sellers is that they take on a risk in return for a contract premium. At times this risk can be substantial so that in general one needs a lot of capital and a lot of expertise to make money continually selling options and not be wiped out by an occasional disastrous trade. Options sellers limit themselves to trades in which they believe that the price of the underlying stock will not change or at least not change in the direction that would lead to a loss. A common approach of individuals who own very stable stocks is to sell call options on the stock and gain extra income on top of their quarterly dividend payments. The only risk is that if the stock does go up sufficiently they will lose out on the gain but on the other hand there is never any risk of losing money. Buying Options Those traders buying options expect to make money trading options when they believe that the price of the underlying stock will change substantially within the term of the options contract. The direction of the anticipated change is what determines whether the trader buys call options or put options. Call Options and Put Options With American style stock options, a trader buys a call on a stock and he pays a premium for the right to purchase the stock for a set price at any time until the contract expires.

1. Make Money
Trading Options

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Last week we wrote about writing stock
options for income.

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This is one way to make money trading
options.

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A common example is to sell a covered
call option on a stock that is unlikely to
go up in price.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
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The other way to make money trading
options is to buy calls or puts on stocks
whose price you believe will change
before expiration of the options
contract.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
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This raises the subject of just what are
calls and puts and how do you make
money trading options in this manner.

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Selling Options

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Over the long term those who sell, or
write, options contracts make more
money than those who purchase them.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
options/
The problem for options sellers is that
they take on a risk in return for a
contract premium.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
options/
At times this risk can be substantial so
that in general one needs a lot of
capital and a lot of expertise to make
money continually selling options and
not be wiped out by an occasional
disastrous trade.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
options/
Options sellers limit themselves to
trades in which they believe that the
price of the underlying stock will not
change or at least not change in the
direction that would lead to a loss.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
options/
A common approach of individuals who
own very stable stocks is to sell call
options on the stock and gain extra
income on top of their quarterly
dividend payments.

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education.com/23996/make-money-trading-
options/
The only risk is that if the stock does go
up sufficiently they will lose out on the
gain but on the other hand there is
never any risk of losing money.

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Buying Options

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Those traders buying options expect to
make money trading options when they
believe that the price of the underlying
stock will change substantially within
the term of the options contract.

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The direction of the anticipated change
is what determines whether the trader
buys call options or put options.

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Call Options and Put
Options

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With American style stock options, a
trader buys a call on a stock and he
pays a premium for the right to
purchase the stock for a set price at
any time until the contract expires.

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With European style stock options the
trader may only purchase at expiration.

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In either case the trader can execute
the opposite trade and exit his position
at any time.

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The set price of the options contract is
called the strike price.

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The trader is under no obligation to
purchase and will only do so if this
leads to a profit.

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A common way to make money trading
options is to purchase a call contract
with only a few dollars per share.

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If the trader is correct in his analysis
the stock will go up a few dollars a
share more than what he paid for the
contract.

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For example, let us say he pays two
dollars a share for a call on a stock
selling for $100 a share.

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The stock goes up to $104 a share.

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The call contract is now worth $4 a
share and he sells.

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In this example he doubles his money.
If he had bought the stock he would
have made a four percent gain.

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If the stock had fallen by $10 a share
the trader who bought the stock would
have lost $10 and the options trader
would have lost his $2 premium.

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Puts work the same way as calls
except that with a put the trader buys
the right to sell the stock at a set price.