[Podcast] How to Trade Options: for Beginners

Kevin Matras shares his expertise on trading options and how beginners can get into the options game. Original Article: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/216983/how-to-trade-options-for-beginners Johnson & Johnson: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/JNJ?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Simon Property: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/SPG?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Facebook: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/FB?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch

Comments

1. Does Zacks have an online training program for options trading, starting with beginners?
2. Good podcast. May go back and listen to it again in a few months as a refresher crash course. Definitely interested in learning more about trading options.
   
   Question: Let's say you buy a call option for 3 months out. Facebook option at 140 bucks (just for example purposes) and FB is currently at 120. Do you have to wait the full 3 months before you can exercise the option? What if FB shoots up to 135 four weeks into the trade....could you go ahead and cash out at 135 and take your profits?
3. Zacks sent me some program for trading - I emailed back that I invest - trading is not for me.
   They cancelled the trial offer although they pointed out that the software would work for any time horizon. If that is true then why did they cancel the trial offer???
   Maybe because I was only going to invest with a multi year holding period and not trade in and out of positions every day. Not enough income to them from my level of activity I guess.
   VERY DISAPPOINTING