Options Trading for Rookies: How to become an Options Trader (Udemy.com)
FIND OUT WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO TRADE...
Created by: Kal Zurn
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Real Life Trading
- Various Option Strategies - Verticals & Iron Condors
- Trading Management Techniques
How it compares
Against the other 278 rated Udemy courses in Trading & Investing on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 16% of them
- Reviews164#222 of 279 by number of reviews
- Length1.9 hoursshorter than 81% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 91% of them
Course Description
Everyone would love to be able to trade and earn money in the stock market, but very few do because they don't know where to start or what to do.
Trading is a skill just like any other. Nobody knew how to type first time they sat down at a computer, so why would you think you could just open an account and start making money in the stock market? But people do.
Trading has 3 critical components to it:
1) Options: You need to understand how they make money, how they lose money, and exactly what they are
2) Strategy: You don't just throw on a trade without having a reason. Even if you have a reason, do you know what strategy gives you the best chance to make your reason profitable if it actually happens?
3) Management: You don't just throw on trades and hope they make money. You need to learn how to manage your trades to give you the best chance of making money.
Don't get caught unprepared and lose a bunch of money learning. WATCH THIS COURSE to know what you're up against. Learn the challenges and the pitfalls of Options trading so you know what to expect. Once you know this, you can plan methodically, and you will be well on your way to making Options trading a reliable second income for life.
What you’ll learn
Real Options trading
A complete roadmap for learning Option trading
Understand the various topics to master before you can become an Options trading expert
Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?
Yes, a desire to learn to trade options
Who this course is for:
Anyone interested in learning to trade Options and create a second income
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
164 Reviews
Kal Zurn
Kal is a successful options trader, founder of "Option Trading for Rookies" and a co-instructor at SharperTrades .com, an online trading education site that teaches effective and profitable trading strategies to over 100,000 students in 167 countries.
In 2013 Tastylive (formerly "Tastytrade"), the largest online financial network in the world, featured Kal as one of its original Rising Stars. He remains the only "Rising Star" teaching on the Udemy platform.
Kal has spent over 10 years and thousands of hours learning how to trade options successfully, and has distilled all his knowledge down into simple, easy to understand courses that can get anyone with the desire up and trading options in only a few hours of instruction.
Kal is a passionate instructor whose goal is to teach people to "manage their own money" and achieve financial freedom.
You don’t need to be an expert to make money in the stock market. All you need to learn is how to increase your Probability of Profit and Manage your Winners and Kal will teach you that!
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Reviews
By Natasha Kerslake on 6/18/2026
Too much advertising of materials you can easily access else where.
By Marlowe on 4/24/2025
Although a free course not the one to get started with as it was overwhelming. Good to Earn while Learning which is offered. Too much selling his other offers.
By Ronald Wesley on 1/14/2022
Great teacher! Make it pretty easy to learn
By Goran Mrvic on 2/17/2021
Amazing course, Easy to understand and detailed with a lot of great visual explanation. Thanks
By Rhonda Tawasha on 2/7/2021
Kal, I wish you'd demo using tastyWorks software. I downloaded it, but cannot find the screens that you demo in your videos (ouch) perhaps due to software upgrades. Is there any chance where you can start a fresh new trading session, point out volatility, etc. Great teaching! Thanks, Rhonda T.
By Naheim mccowan on 11/30/2020
for me it was pretty informational and I thank you for taking your time out and providing this service.But overall for new traders the condor strategy is not something I want to typically use with having small capital and very heavy worried on risk, good strategy honestly I see the potential but its not for me. So thank you again
By Peter Gruessing on 10/20/2020
Great free course! Will probably join the service also!
By Martin on 8/13/2020
Thanks for giving some insight into what options trading is about. I liked the straightforward way to show things without explaining too much but pointing out relevant details. I am actually curious whether shown examples worked out with profit / loss. I assume that it is not easy to to profitable trades.
By Terence James Kestranek on 7/19/2020
I like seeing different perspectives on the market. I like Cals style of teaching a great deal also he explains and demonstrates well.
By Mike Lawrence on 4/14/2020
I really enjoy and profit from Kal's courses. His explanations are clear and enthusiastic with lots of visual illustrations and examples. This particular course was more like a collection of 10 live and recent trades. This was very useful to me, especially all of the current information he shares about COVID-19 and how it's a game changer. The only negative aspect I found was the exact same 2-minute long plug for Kal's trading group at the end of each of the 10 sections. I basically tuned out after the second ad but was still able to filter out a lot of useful information from this course. Definitely worth taking!
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Overall Score : 86 / 100











