A field guide to options research
Learn options research for free.See how it works.
A guided path from your first stock quote to options flow, market structure and independent research. No experience needed: start with shares and quotes, then build up.
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63Lessons
10Learning modules
63Free lessons
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Start with a question about options.
Three free guides. Worked examples, clear assumptions and a chance to check your understanding.
A core path, then three deeper branches
Less noise. A clear place to start.

From zero to reading flow
Start with shares, quotes and your first option, then learn contracts, trades, side and sentiment before interpreting flow.

Build and audit research
Ask an answerable question, compare fairly, then build and audit a research packet.

Go deeper
Two optional branches: Greeks, volatility and market structure, and your own portfolio's risk and performance.
Put your learning to work in TradingFlow
Guided labs connect concepts to a repeatable research routine in TradingFlow. Read the lessons and worked examples free; TradingFlow access is required to run the labs.
Investigate unusual activity
Suggested preparation: Volume and open interest: why they move differently
Explore this labRead a gamma structure map
Suggested preparation: Gamma: how delta changes · Volume and open interest: why they move differently
Explore this labWrite an evidence-backed recap
Suggested preparation: Research packets: work someone else can rerun
Explore this labRead which session a run shows
Suggested preparation: Research packets: work someone else can rerun
Explore this labTrace a sentence through the recipe map
Suggested preparation: Recipes: research that re-runs on fresh data
Explore this labDraft, run and discard an input
Suggested preparation: Read a recipe like an auditor
Explore this labBuild and keep a research checklist
Suggested preparation: Change the inputs, keep the question
Explore this labAsk about a report, then sort the answer
Suggested preparation: Start from a research checklist
Explore this labBuild a formula column and guard it
Suggested preparation: Ask TradingFlow AI, then verify
Explore this labFork a recipe and make one reviewed change
Suggested preparation: Build your own Rank column
Explore this labConnect an agent and prove it
Suggested preparation: Fork or write a recipe with AI
Explore this labBuilt around your learning
See the idea. Follow the change.
Animated diagrams explain the relationships. Worked examples show the reasoning. Explore at your own pace.
Watch the relationship unfold.
Pick up where you left off.
- 01Not started
- 02In progress
- 03Studied
Change an input. See the effect.
A clear next step.
- 01Watch the explanation
- 02Explore the relationship
- 03Follow the worked example
Learn in your language.
Your learning path
The whole path. Nothing hidden.
Start from zero and explore contracts, flow, Greeks and research through 63 visual lessons. Follow the diagrams, check yourself when you are ready, and continue freely.
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Start with curiosity. Take it further.
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