Speculating on Stocks with Options
Summary
Options offer the stock speculator a position with leverage to a stock move, meaning an option has the potential to rise or fall at a higher rate than the stock. Join us to learn how to use options for directional speculation.
Speaker
Investor Education at E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley
Over the last 29 years, Shawn Howell has worked with some of the world's leading brokerage and training firms including Charles Schwab, Investools, Thinkorswim Group. He's been a broker, trader, educator, consultant, and executive, as well as co-author of the book Trading By Numbers (Wiley 2012). In 2017, Shawn joined the E*TRADE content and education team as a Director of Investor Education. He specializes in options education and has taught globally in partnership with The Options Industry Council, Cboe OPTIONS INSTITUTE, Scotia iTRADE, Saxo Bank, and the TradersEXPO. Shawn holds industry licenses including FINRA Series 7, 63, 8 and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1990. Now, with his two adult children starting their own careers, Shawn and his wife split their time between the family ranch along California's central coast, a mountain house in the Sierras and traveling internationally.
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