The Options Flow course
How to read EUR/USD option levels from CME exchange data. Free, new lessons every Wednesday and Saturday. See the live data.
Who this course is for
For people following EUR/USD who want to understand options data. No previous options trading experience is required. Start with calls, puts, strikes and open interest, then explore basis, premium and option levels.
What you will learn to distinguish
- Trading volume, outstanding open interest and its daily change.
- An option strike on a futures price scale and a translated spot-price level.
- Observed market data and assumptions about future price direction.
The lessons are free and require no account. Read them in order. English translations are published progressively; the lesson list shows what is available.
Stage 0. Why any of this
Stage 1. Reading the Screens
- 1.1Basis: why the strike doesn't match your chart
- 1.2The #Levels series
- 1.3The #Chart series
- 1.4The #Table series
- 1.5The #Forecast Maps series
- 1.6The Option Flow Matrix
- 1.7The Analysis series
- 1.8Expirations and rolls
- 1.9Common mistakes when reading the screens
The course runs in order: each lesson builds on the previous one. The English edition is being translated lesson by lesson.