An options chain groups contracts by expiration and strike price.
Lesson 8
How to read an options chain
An options chain puts the calls and puts for one expiration beside their strike prices.
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Learn how to read one strike price’s call and put
Read one strike price’s call and put on the chart, then the same call on another date. Each of the four checkpoints ends with a two-answer question. Nothing places a trade.
CHECKPOINT 1 OF 4
Choose SOFI
0 / 4 checkpoints earned
When the chart loads, follow its highlighted control to earn your first checkpoint.
- Choose SOFI
- Read the $16 call, upcoming
- Read the $16 put, upcoming
- Change the date, upcoming
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