This class is an abridged version of a lecture on options’ strategies that I usually give during my course (Investments, Mod III and IV).
You can find a copy of the syllabus that I used last Spring at this link.
This is the material that we are going to use today:
- An options’ strategy pitched by Bloomberg last Spring
- The strategy deals with options written on XLF (a Financial Sector ETF)
- This specific strategy is called a strangle
- An Excel spreadsheet containing the data for this strategy

- An options’ strategy pitched by the FT in Spring 2013
- The strategy deals with Blackberry (BBRY) stock
- This specific strategy is called a straddle
- An Excel spreadsheet containing the data for this strategy

- Slides with some background information on options
