Options for Investors
Supercharge your returns using simple options strategies
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Course overview
Forget what you have been told. Options can be a safe and effective tool.
Whether you want to boost your returns on your long stock portfolio, or just generate extra income, we can teach you simple strategies to achieve your goal.
Who is this course for
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Long-term stock investors looking to optimize their returns.
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Investors seeking to generate regular income from their portfolio
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Anyone curious about how to begin in the world of stock options.
What you’ll get out of this course
Learn how to get paid to enter or exit a stock position
We will show you that options can be a conservative, yet powerful tool to get into our out of long stock positions at the price you want, and get paid while you wait.
Learn how to generate regular income using options
We will teach you two simple strategies that put money directly in your pocket up front, either for income or to lower your cost basis for your planned purchase of a stock.
Understand the advantages of selling options instead of buying options
Sellers of options are paid to take on risk, but we will show you that it isn't a risk if it achieves YOUR plans.
Incorporate technical analysis into your investing toolkit
We will show you how to place options trades, request permission from your broker to engage in options trading, and give you guidance on configuring your account.
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Sonny Kirtley & Diego Taira in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
7 live sessions • 37 lessons • 2 projects
Week 1
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Investing in Stocks - The Long-Term Perspective
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Buying Quality Businesses
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Getting a Fair Price (Valuation Basics)
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Mr. Market and the Madness of the Market
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Wouldn't it be great to get PAID to get the price we want?
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How Options Can Boost Your ROI
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Entering a Position with Options
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Selling a Position with Options
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Questions and Answers
Jun
21
Session 1
Options for Investors
Week 2
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Choosing your brokerage platform for options
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Configuring your brokerage platform
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Practicing with a paper portfolio
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Educational Resources
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Questions and Answers
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Set Up Your Brokerage Account for Options and Set Up TradingView
Submit by Jul 12
Jun
28
Session 2
Options Toolset
Project: Set up your Options Trading Tools
Week 3
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What is an Option Contract?
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Calls
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Puts
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Strikes, Expiration Dates, and Premiums
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Options Pricing: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value
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Questions and Answers
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Buying Option Contracts
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Selling Option Contracts
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Options Pricing: Time Decay
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Option Pricing: Implied Volatility and IV Rank
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The Pros and Cons of Being an Options Buyer
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The Pros and Cons of Being an Options Seller
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Questions and Answers
Jul
5
Session 3
Calls and Puts
Understanding Options
Buying and Selling Option Contracts
Learn the strategic differences and potential outcomes of buying versus selling options
Week 4
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What IS Technical Analysis?
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Candles
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Price Trends
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Support and Resistance
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Moving Averages
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Charting Software
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Questions and Answers
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Use Technical Analysis to Choose Your Buy Price for a Stock
Submit by Jul 19
Jul
12
Session 4
Introduction to Technical Analysis
Project: Technical Analysis
Week 5
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Resources to Help Determine Valuation
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Let's get paid to get the price we want
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Untitled lesson
Jul
19
Session 5
What is the right price for a stock?
The Flywheel
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Options Strategy : Entering a Stock Position
Options Strategy: Exiting an Stock Position
Week 6
Jul
26
Session 6
Jul
21
Optional: Live Demo: Buying and Selling Options
What students are saying
Meet your instructor
Sonny Kirtley
Sonny Kirtley
Sonny has been investing in individual stocks for 29 years and is an active member and contractor at the Motley Fool. He has been educating himself and others about investing and trading for almost as long. Now financially free, his passion is Wealth Angels, your ticket to mastering the use of options to complement and enhance your stock portfolio.
- Full time investor and options trader
- Registered Investment Advisor
- Retired Physicist, teacher, and IT executive/consultant
- Certified “Best Practices” Duplicate Bridge teacher and Life Master
- Certified Lifebook Leader and Lifebook Financial Champion
- Financially Free since 2021
- Based in USA
Diego Taira
Diego Taira
Diego has been investing in individual stocks for 20 years and has been certified as a Financial Planner since he was 20. He has been studying the fundamentals of businesses, from dividend machines to asset-heavy companies, from growth stocks to hyper-growth businesses. He is always looking for even better-performing asset classes, beating the market and growing his portfolio exponentially.
- Stock Investor & Options Trader
- Professional Wealth Advisor
- Entrepreneur
- Ex-IT Consultant
- Certified Strategic Coach
- Financially Free since 2020
- Based in Singapore, Asia
Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
Tuesdays & Thursdays
1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
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May 7, 2022
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Weekly projects
2 hours per week
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Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you