In this Wide World of Options episode, host Mark Benzaquen welcomes OIC instructor Ken Keating for a discussion on the primary inputs used to determine options pricing as well as one of pricing’s key components, implied volatility.

If your New Year?s Resolutions include learning about options, OIC?s Wide World of Options podcast has you covered. Get started by learning basic terminology and fundamental concepts necessary to begin your journey.

Join host Ed Modla and Mark Benzaquen, Manager of the OCC Investor Services team, as they discuss the collar strategy and the many ways that it can be used for downside protection on this episode of Wide World of Options.

While a merger between two companies might affect its shareholders, what effect might it have on buyers and seller of options? Find out on this episode of Wide World of Options.

Join seasoned option professionals Mark Benzaquen and Mat Cashman as they discuss how dividends impact options pricing, the risk of early exercise, and the treatment of special dividends and adjusted contracts.

Join seasoned options pros Mark Benzaquen and Roma Colwell as they discuss the differences (and similarities) of trading index options versus their single-stock counterparts on this episode of Wide World of Options.

Join seasoned options pros Mark Benzaquen and Ken Keating as they discuss the ins and outs of volatility as well as metrics such as IV rank, IV percentile, and strategies for both low and high IV situations.

Even though more than 70% of all options are typically closed out ahead of expiration, there are still millions of contracts being exercised and assigned each month. Knowing this, it is important for investors to understand not only the benefits and risks of exercise and assignment, but also the rules surrounding the processes.

Picking up from last month?s topic of ?Trading Options for Income?, OIC?further explores the concept by focusing on two popular selling strategies?the Covered Call and a variant of the strategy, the Poor Man?s Covered Call.