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Options Trading for Rookies: Make & Manage Profitable Trades (Udemy.com)

Part 3: Learn to make and manage profitable trades, find stocks to trade, use correct position sizing, liquidity & more

Created by: Kal Zurn

Last updated August 2026

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What you will learn

  • Confidently make trades
  • Manage trades for Maximum POP and Profit
  • Understand the basic concepts of how options work
  • Get a refresher of basic option trading strategies using volatility, probability of profit, and other essential option trading elements
  • Create and analyze a checklist of key option elements to help you maximize your profitability while keeping your risks small
  • Learn to create watch lists following specific criteria
  • Understand the correct option position size when buying and/or selling verticals
  • Learn how to widen the strike depending on the option strategy you decide to use
  • Learn when to choose market direction over option expiration
  • Learn and understand how to manage your winning trades and maximize your profits
  • Learn and understand how to control your losing trades and minimize your risks
  • Understand and apply the importance of diversification

How it compares

Against the other 278 rated Udemy courses in Trading & Investing on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 96% of them
  • Reviews1,455#58 of 279 by number of reviews
  • Length2.6 hoursshorter than 71% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 63% of them

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Course Description

*****Join our family of over 10,000 happy Udemy students who have enrolled in this course*****

Investing Strategies and Option Trading:

  • Do you want to learn how to trade options effectively?

  • How to trade in the stock market without losing your shirt... or blouse?

  • How to increase your profits while limiting your trading risk?


Understanding what options are, how they work and how to trade basic option strategies is only half the battle.  The next and most important step is to actually make a trade and manage it correctly.  This course will give you the roadmap to do that efficiently, effectively and profitably.

In this Udemy option course, you will learn:

  • How to actually start trading today!

  • The concepts of greeks, fundamental analysis and technical analysis

  • The foundation of how to make an option trade

  • How to create a watchlist of stocks to trade using options

  • Key elements to analysis before entering a trade (liquidity, earnings, implied volatility...) 

  • How to manage a trade, once you have opened a position

  • Your position size when buying options and when selling options

  • How and when to widen the the strike price using real trading examples

  • How to use duration (or expiration) and direction (uptrend, downtrend, sideways)

  • How to outperform your probability of making money in a specific trade

  • When to take profit

  • How to manage losing trades

  • and so much more!


Options trading is made easy.  

This course is packed with practical, insightful and educational option material.  These lessons are truly priceless.

It's easy to play with paper money or track certain trades and see how they perform, but nothing prepares you for trading real money except real trading.  Watching your profits and losses move up and down on a daily basis is enough to put anyone on an emotional rollercoaster.  

The only way to prepare yourself to handle the ups and down of trading is to have a solid plan going into it.  This course will give you that!  Learning how to trade options has never been easier.  This course is a MUST. 

This course will give you the step-by-step instruction:

  • how to make high probability option trades 

  • the rules you need know to manage those trades profitably.  

Our goal here is to give you the confidence you need to trade successfully, and the way to do that is thru knowledge and knowing how to do the right thing.  

As long as you learn to trade options following the rules we lie out for you in our option courses, over time YOU WILL BE a successful trader.  

We are going to teach you the "right way" to trade, so you can be a successful trader for the rest of your life.  

Please also visit us at SharperTrades .com and take one of our FREE Webinars/Courses on Options.


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This is Part Three of a 3-course option bundle: 

  1. Understand Options Completely  (Part 1)

  2. Basic Option Strategies  (Part 2)

  3. Make & Manage Profitable Trades  (Part 3) 

In these three courses I will teach you how to trade options and earn consistent returns in the stock market for the rest of your life.  

I will take you from absolute ground zero of stock option trading knowledge (i.e. "what is an option?") all the way to trading different option strategies in only a few courses.

This is a foundation course designed for those interested in learning the basics of trading options effectively and for anyone hungry to learn how to trade options.

In these three courses I will teach you how to trade options and earn consistent returns in the stock market for the rest of your life.  

  1. Are you looking to get consistent returns?

  2. Are your trading returns erratic?

  3. Are you hesitant or scared to make a trade?

  4. Do you close profitable trades too early?


If you answered yes to one of these questions, then this course is for you!

This course is also for TastyTrade folks.  If you are a Tastytrader struggling to get up to speed, all my courses are designed to get you up and running in the minimal amount of time.

This course is for all levels: beginners, intermediate and advanced traders! All you need is an open mind and a passion to be successful!

Enroll in this course now and start trading the market successfully!

Over 100,000 students have already joined Sharper Trades courses. Join a large community of successful traders.

Click "Take This Course" and Start Trading Successfully TODAY!

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All our Sharper Trades courses come with:

  • 30 day money-back-in-full guarantee

  • Unlimited lifetime access at no extra costs

  • All future additional lectures, bonuses, etc in this course are always free

  • Our Sharper Trades team is always available to answer any question you might have regarding this course. Answers are given in less than 24 hours!

  • Your trading success is our goal!


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Instructor Details

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

4.8

1,455 ratings on Udemy

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By Anthony Davis on 11/11/2025

I love this.. I love this. Mr. Kal Zurn's teaching is giving me so much hope toward a brighter future. I love his methods of explanation and repetition that I am nearly obsessed with it. Listening and learning from his course has gotten to be the first thing that I do in the day and one of the last things that I do toward the end of the day. I feel so blessed to have found these courses through Udemy. Thank you so much.

By Gurpreet S Bhatti on 10/19/2025

This course is a must for anyone serious about learning options trading the right way. Kal Zurn breaks every concept down into simple, logical steps with real-world examples that finally make the Greeks, POP, and volatility actually click. Instead of just repeating definitions, he shows exactly why trades work — and how to manage them when they don’t. As a beginner, I appreciated that the lessons build gradually — from basic calls and puts to vertical spreads and probability analysis — without feeling overwhelming. The balance between theory and hands-on strategy is excellent, and the course stays focused on what truly matters for consistent profitability.

By Caleb Rich on 9/12/2025

Just finished the 3 course set. They are all excellent courses! I went from knowing absolutely nothing about options trading to feeling confident enough to open my own account and start trading today! Kal is a phenomenal instructor and does a fantastic job explaining the rules of trading, the expectations and strategies on how we can make money trading. Highly recommend these courses!

By Tony Molica on 3/26/2023

Couple of challenges. 1> You recommend closing a trade before expiration, but the trades I opened were in tasty, not swim. Yet, no videos demonstrating how to close trades in tasty. 2> the trades I find based on your rules seem to remain open and never settle. they become "DAY" orders. Even "liquid" stocks. Essentially, there's no buyer for my vertical (or iron condor) shorts. You need to explain why this happens. Ideal trades on tasty don't seem to settle. Not sure what to do about it, and you don't bring it up. that is missing.

By Alison L James on 3/15/2023

I am very pleased with this course. This is Part 3 of 3 courses on learning options for Rookies. I would recommend all three courses to anyone who does not know anything about Options trading as well as anyone who needs refresher. I did not give all 5 stars because the course could use some more references to include the rules, etc. so the student doesn't have to write as much. Otherwise this was a great course and I am looking forward to increasing my knowledge and earning as I go.

By Cameron Browne on 10/8/2022

I just completed all three of the courses in Kal's Options series. I would very much so recommend this series to anyone looking for solid options strategies and fundamentals that are very much necessary for successful portfolio management and building wealth. I am moving on to the "Advanced Iron Condor Strategies" course next and I am confident that there will be a wealth of knowledge to gain on advanced strategies. Thanks Kal!

By Lenin Philip DSouza on 5/7/2021

I have finished all 3 courses by Kal . The best part is Kal, like other top rated instructors on Udemy gives a very honest view about what you should expect when you actually start doing the thing. eg. the 50% POP etc.. Overall a great learning experience. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn options from the scratch

By Neteira El on 11/21/2020

I have been traiding for about 5 months and needed to really get more understanding and this class is helping a lot.

By Jan Van moorsel on 11/14/2020

Great course. It is a lot of information to process, but very well explained.

By Jason Higgins on 11/7/2020

Just started the course. So far so good.

By Juan Guardado on 10/23/2020

Massive amount of knowledge.... I've taken all 3 courses and feel confident working with options now.
I'm getting ready to start the Advanced Condor course and know the course was well worth the price.

By Jeff George Samuel on 10/11/2020

This course is gold.....I wish we has someone who could have a similar course for the Indian stock market.....However this one is really awesome for beginners

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