This episode is a great introduction into weekly options for newer retail traders. Plus, should you fire your advisor?

Fall in, recruits! We’re busting myths and taking names. Make sure your not falling for these fallacies.

Options recruits, your COs are here to explain trading mistakes so you can avoid them.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO EPISODE 9 OF OPTIONS BOOT CAMP BASIC TRAININGWe're going to bust many of the myths and misconceptions that permeate throughout the options market, particularly among new retail options traders. The options myths busted on this episode include:...

Time to revisit the Greeks on this episode of Options Boot Camp.

Bootcamp is back! Join Mark, Dan, and John as they get back to basics.

Basic Training: Today we're going to dive into complex spreads. What are complex spreads? We're usually talking multi-leg spreads. Calendars are when you buy and sell a call/put at the same strike price, but in a different month. Diagonals, a combination of a vertical and horizontal spread, can be a proxy to a covered call. The concept of the ratio, 1-to-1 on a simple spread, but you can play with the ratio. A stock repair strategy using diagonals, ratio risk reversals and collars.Roll Call: Mark and Dan sit down with Craig Pinkston, Senior Director of Operations at Zecco.Mail Call: Does the Theta decay occur just at open/close or is it a gradual decay throughout the day?

Basic Training: Today we're going to dive into spreads. Spreads are really the defining characteristics of options. What is a spread? Why would you do a spread vs. trading an option outright? Max value of a spread is the differential between the two strike prices. Long call spread, aka vertical, examples with everyone's favorite stock XYZ. Spreads have components called legs – they are the individual parts of the spread Roll Call: Mark and Dan sit down with Christopher Newman, the Zecco Trading Vice President of Customer Service, and run him through a few questions.Mail Call: Answering listener questions.

Basic Training: Turning to the dark side! It's time to learn how to sell options. Why sell options? Time decay and theta. Collecting theta, instead of paying theta, turning an enemy into a powerful ally.Options Drills: The Covered Call Roll Call: Mark and Dan sit down with this Zecco Trading's President Michael Feser, to discuss Zecco in 2012. Given the difficulty for new retail traders in the last year, what can we see now, a full quarter into the new year? What issues may investors need to be cognizant of before coming into the market this year? Explaining the success of Zecco Share.Mail Call: Facebook questions from the Zecco community.

Join Mark, Dan and special guest Joe Burgoyne from the OIC as they unravel the mysteries of buying options. They cover the basics of buying options, provide examples of bullish and bearish positions and also discuss some common mistakes made by novice option buyers. In the Roll Segment, the team is joined by Benny Joseph to discuss the many new options features in the Zecco mobile app for iphone and android. Lastly, Mark and Dan answer listener questions from the Zecco community. All that and more on this episode of Options Boot Camp.

Your Options Boot Camp Drill Instructors, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli, give you an overview of the four main variables that are used to measure risk in the options market. If you've been intimidated by The Greeks in the past, now is your chance to finally master Delta, Gamma, Theta and Vega.

Dan and Mark make the case for trading options, shattering myths and resetting expectations on this episode of Options Boot Camp.