Buying Call Options

Learn about the different strategies associated with the purchase of call options. This video will teach you how buying call options can help you achieve the following objectives: secure the future purchase price of an underlying security and hedge the risk associated with a short stock position. This video will also explain how buying call options can be used as an alternative to buying a stock.

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