Video Lessons
Trade what you see, not what you think!
Every Knight Trader video lesson, watchable right here — options mechanics and chart patterns, one picture and one idea at a time. Work through a series in order, or jump straight to the mechanic you need. When you want to study it hands-on, every lesson's material also ships as AI study files with the books.
Prefer YouTube? The same lessons live on the Knight Trader channel — Like, Follow, and Share if a lesson earns it.
Options Basics — the complete series
The full mechanics course, in study order: what an option is, how the chain reads, how premium is built, and the four checks that explain where an option's money actually went. One worked example per lesson, drawn the way the charts really look.
Options Trading for Beginners: Start Here
Calls and Puts Explained (For Beginners, With Examples)
How to Read an Options Chain (Every Column, Plain English)
What Is a Call Option? Calls Explained Simply
What Is a Put Option? Puts Explained Simply
Strike Price Explained: How to Pick a Strike
Implied Volatility Explained for Beginners (IV in Plain English)
Options Expiration Explained: What Happens at Expiry
In the Money vs Out of the Money (ITM / OTM Explained)
Options Premium Explained: What You're Actually Paying For
Bid-Ask Spread Explained: Why Cheap Options Cost You
Volume vs Open Interest: What's the Difference?
Intrinsic Value vs Extrinsic Value (Time Value Explained)
Buying vs Selling Options: Who Theta Pays
Why Did My Option Lose Money When the Stock Went Up?
Get the free 5-Pattern Guide
These video lessons sit on top of a written library. The free 5-Pattern Guide covers five essential patterns — the recognition rules, the invalidation, and what usually happens next — in a 7-page visual sampler. Enter your email and it lands in your inbox, and you're on the list for the daily market weather and new pattern lessons as they publish.
It ships with AI study files and the Knight Trader MCP Study Server — plug it into your own AI and get taught and quizzed on every pattern. Study with your own AI, on your schedule.
Download the free 5-Pattern GuideFree first. When you want the whole library: the 32 Candlestick Patterns collection ($20) covers all 32 patterns. I show what the charts say — you decide.
The Greeks, in plain English
Delta, Theta, Gamma, Vega — each Greek as a gauge on the same trade, including the structure comparisons: debit spread vs credit spread vs iron condor.
What Is Delta? Why Being Right Paid So Little
What Is Theta? Options Time Decay Explained With a Chart
Gamma Explained: One Trade, Three Structures — Debit Spread vs Credit Spread vs Iron Condor
Vega Explained: The Storm Gauge — Debit Spread vs Credit Spread vs Iron Condor
Chart pattern lessons
The candlestick patterns on real charts — what the shape is, what confirms it, and what invalidates it. The Hammer also has a full written lesson on this site.
Hammer Candlestick Pattern — What It Actually Means
Bullish Engulfing Pattern Explained (With a Real Chart)
More from the channel
Explainers from the Knight Trader channel that sit outside the series.
What Is ARKY? Cathie Wood's New Income ETF, Explained Simply
Keep learning
The video lessons teach the mechanics; the books give you the system to run. The Options Playbook — Starter Edition is free, the Options Playbook — Full Edition ($20) covers all 22 lessons, and the 32 Candlestick Patterns collection ($20) covers the full pattern library — every one ships with AI study files and the Knight Trader MCP Study Server. Or read the free written lessons: the Bull Flag and the Hammer.
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