Options Research

Spot the next opportunity and quickly pursue it

The option chain feature makes options research convenient by allowing you to retrieve information about the specific options you are interested in. Trade Triggers™ helps you follow the options markets even under volatile conditions. Both can help you react quickly to changing market conditions.

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Options 360™

Strategize, analyze and manage your options more clearly with Options 360™. You can use scanners to find potential trade opportunities as well as different options strategies that may fit your situation. Analyze a position you're considering with the profit and loss graph – or run a "what if" analysis along with integrated position analysis. Options 360 also offers tools to help you get a better picture of profit and loss, risk and volatility. Add to that educational content for investor and trader strategies, and you'll find virtually everything an option trader needs. Please note: Access to Options 360 requires your acceptance of the exchange agreements. Options trading is available in options-approved accounts only.

Learn about options strategies

Covered calls and protective puts – one can help you generate income from stocks you already own, while the other can help protect individual stock positions. Learn more about the basic options strategies and how they work, then decide if one might be right for your investment goals. Additionally, once you become a client, you have access to the Education Center, where you can find many online courses that teach the fundamentals of options trading. Whether you are a beginner or advanced options trader, the Education Center has something for you.

Please note: While trading covered calls can help generate income in your portfolio, the strategy can limit upside potential and your stock can get called away if your option is assigned. The strategy also provides minimal downside protection, limited to the premium received for the call. Protective puts can help protect individual stocks in your account, but you can also lose the entire amount of money invested in the options.

Trade Triggers™

Trade Triggers can generate alerts or enter orders in your account when options you are following reach certain conditions – both outright price and relative value. Trade Triggers activate based on market conditions you set. Use Trade Triggers to help you stay in step with a fast-moving market. Trade Triggers' options functionality is limited to options-approved accounts.*

Analytic chain

Get insight into risk metrics with a view of volatility and options price sensitivity measures . The analytic chain calculates Greeks in real time. You can modify and recalculate theoretical values easily, returning to real-time values in one click. The chain also displays and to help you spot potential trading opportunities and gauge the market's volatility outlook.

Market volatility, volume and system availability may delay account access and trade executions.

Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors as the special risks inherent to options trading may expose investors to potentially rapid and substantial losses. Options trading privileges subject to TD AMERITRADE review and approval. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before investing in options.

*You are responsible for all orders entered in your account when a trigger you set is activated. Please make sure you keep sufficient funds or positions in your account to support the trigger. Options trading involves risks and is not suitable for all investors. Use of Trade Triggers may increase these risks.

**Trades executed in multiple market lots on the same trading day are charged a single commission. Trades partially executed over multiple trading days are subject to commission charges for each trading day.

Options 360 is a trademark of TD AMERITRADE IP Company, Inc. Used with permission. Access to Options 360 requires your acceptance of the exchange agreements.

Offer valid for one new individual and joint options-approved TD AMERITRADE account opened by 12/31/09 and funded within 30 days with $2,000 or more. To receive $100 bonus, account must be funded with $25,000 or more within 30 days of initial minimum funding. IRA and other tax-exempt accounts are not eligible to receive the $100 cash bonus. Limit one offer per client. Offer is not transferable and not valid with internal transfers, TD AMERITRADE Investing accounts using the Amerivest service, accounts managed by independent investment advisors and maintained by TD AMERITRADE Institutional, current TD AMERITRADE accounts or with other offers. Commission-free Internet equity or options trades will be limited to a maximum of 500 Internet equity or options trades. Qualified commission-free Internet equity or options orders must execute within 30 days of account funding. Contract, exercise, and assignment fees still apply. Taxes related to TD AMERITRADE offers are your responsibility. Retail values totaling $600 or more during the calendar year will be included in your consolidated Form 1099. Account must remain open with minimum funding required for participating in the offer for 9 months, or TD AMERITRADE may charge the account for the cost of the cash awarded to the account. TD AMERITRADE reserves the right to restrict or revoke this offer at any time.