Every way options make or lose money, forged into game levels — you own a strategy only after living through all its P&L endings and getting the math right. Free account, no deposit; progress saves in your browser. (Gameplay is currently Chinese-only.)
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The type of knowledge decides the type of mechanic — each space teaches by making you do.
One level per strategy, from buying calls to iron condors. A card is forged only when you've priced every ending yourself.
Six market monsters — grinders, sideways crawlers, gap beasts. Use your forged strategies to find what counters what.
Three pricing workstations. Once you can read three monsters, you're ready to quote volatility yourself.
Spreads, margin, assignment — each floor adds real-world friction. The top floor is the live market.
Prefer structured lessons? The 15 interactive strategy courses are still here — and still free.
Browse the coursesEvery key concept on the platform has a free walkthrough on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to learn at your own pace — then come back and try it hands-on.
Subscribe on YouTubeI spent years buying expensive courses that taught textbook formulas but never explained what to actually do when the market moved. OptionsAcademy is the platform I wish I had: every strategy you can simulate, every Greek you can see in motion, and a teaching assistant that answers your real questions — not generic ones.
— Founder, OptionsAcademy
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