Beginner's Guide to Understanding How Options Leverage Works | Getting Started with Options

Getting Started with Options | Cameron May | 3-18-25 Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options. https://bit.ly/2v9tH6D Equity options carry the potential for greatly leveraging how much a trader can make or lose on a move in a stock's price. In this video, we review how a trader might measure the degree of leverage actually delivered by an option, and we discuss how that leverage might impact trade decisions like strike selection, stop placement, and so on. Each of these weekly webcasts is carefully structured to help new option traders along the leverage learning curve. Your education coach will introduce you to options terminology, clarify the common opportunities and risks, and explain the associated rights and obligations to help you become more confident with your understanding of options trading. Options carry a high level of risk and are not suitable for all investors. Certain requirements must be met to trade options through Schwab. Please read the Options Disclosure Document titled "Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options" before considering any option transaction. To follow Cameron on X: @CameronMayCS New to Options? Here is the YouTube playlist for my "Getting Started with Options" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8a6s5nq1lPRcGlhhMLSqx1BK1rttI00R Here's the link to the new Schwab coaching calendar: https://www.schwab.com/schwab-coaching #TraderTalks #SchwabCoaching #optionstrading #optionstrategy #stockmarket