Trading Equity Options
Use stock options to calibrate your portfolio.
Increase exposure, mitigate risk, and uncouple your trades from market direction. Options enable you to profit from falling as well as rising prices. Saxo offers clear, intuitive online options trading with competitive, volume-based pricing and no hidden fees.
Powerful Technology
Our trading platforms are fast, intuitive and simple. Investors are empowered by our unparalleled combination of advanced tech and powerful trading tools.
Competitive Pricing
We deliver access to competitive pricing and tight spreads - all in one click. Use our platform to trade on live streaming prices for full transparency.
Ongoing Support
Have questions? We have answers. Interact with our trading experts via telephone chat or email, 24/5. A wide range of educational resources are available through Saxo Academy and options webinars. Frequent options trade view from our trading experts, #SaxoStrats
Wide access
Trade some of the most liquid options on stocks and stock indices throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. And you have a wealth of in-house and third-party expertise and information.
Hedge your investments
Use Equity Options to lock in your equity gains, protect your portfolio in declining markets and play volatility around earnings. Or use them as building blocks to position yourself effectively in up, down and sideways markets.
Markets change. Follow suit with new strategies.
Below you can read about three of the many exciting Equity Options strategies you can execute to play the markets and maximise your profit potential.
Protective Put
This strategy would be used if you wanted to hedge your portfolio of stocks to protect it against a short-term downside of the market.
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Covered Call
You can use this strategy to enhance your stock portfolio. Earn a premium writing Calls while enjoying the benefits of the underlying stock ownership.
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Straddles
By buying Straddles, you can take advantage of the unpredictability of the stock price gap movement following quarterly earnings reports.
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Volume based pricing means you pay less as you trade more. But whatever your trading style, you can be certain that our prices are always transparent. At Saxo Capital Markets, you know what it will cost you before you trade.
Seize Equity Options commissions at 2 USD
We deliver access to competitive pricing and tight spreads – all in one click. And with volume-based commissions, the more you trade, the less cost you'll incur.
Whether you are new to options trading or are simply looking for a way to sharpen your trading skills, at the Saxo Academy you can find videos, modules, courses and quizzes that are right for you.
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Beyond that, our partnership with the OIC puts you at the source of the industry's greatest repository of practical and theoretical information.
The Options Industry Council
You can also learn more about Equity Options with the Options Industry Council. Visit their site to learn more here. The Options Industry Council offers additional educational material, events, webinars, and courses.
A practical example
Via a simple analogy we explain how options work - how the trade could play out and the implications.
PlayWhat are Stock Options?
Stock Options are a by product - or derivative - of stocks. We introduce the basics, the risks and the benefits.
PlayMaking money on a buy
A simple illustration of how you'd make money when you'd purchased an option.
PlayWhere and how are they traded?
Stock Options are listed on exchanges around the world and are accessed via a broker. Their 'standardized' nature of Stock Options means consistency and clarity.
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