Intro to Options Investing

Options are financial instruments that can provide you with the flexibility you need in almost any investment situation you might encounter. Options give you options by giving you the ability to tailor your position to your own situation.

• You can protect stock holdings from a decline in market price.
• You can increase income against current stock holdings.
• You can prepare to buy stock at a lower price.
• You can position yourself for a big market move - even when you don't know which way prices will move.
• You can benefit from a stock price's rise or fall without incurring the cost of buying the stock outright.