This is an ongoing series of articles on option strategies. Rather than introducing options and the theory behind them and then moving on to particular strategies, this series will start with the strategies and introduce the theory and parameters in passing. An Excel spreadsheet that illustrates the option in action will be paired with every article, All articles and spreadsheets will be in Office 2003 format.

Introduction to Options This is a series of articles on options that can also be downloaded as a Word file.

Introduction to Options Spreadsheet. This is an Excel 2003 spreadsheet that contains multiple tabs for the various strategies discussed in the Word documents below.

These articles can be discussed on the KaboomStock Forum

Both the Spreadsheet and the articles will be updated periodically as indicated in the Kaboom Newsletter.