The Motley Fool's Options Trading Guide

Welcome to The Motley Fool's options trading guide. We're here to help demystify how options work and you can use various options trading strategies to support your long-term investing goals. We approach options with the same mind-set that we approach stocks: By bringing a Foolish, long-term mind-set. Click the links below to learn more about how we use options.

Here's how to trade options:

1. How options are traded
2. Options: The basics
3. Options: More basics
4. Options pricing
5. Options strategies

List of options strategies (and how to use them):

• Naked call
• Married put
• Bull call spread
• Bear put spread
• Protective collar
• Long straddle
• Iron condor
• Iron butterfly
• Covered put