Introduction to Financial Options

Options 101

Introduction to Financial Options

Fall 2026 - Charles University - Prague

The course

In this course, students will come out knowing what financial options are, how to price them and manage options risks, as well as a toolkit of techniques they can use to help understand other financial derivatives.

01

Lecture 01

What is an option?

What you own when you buy an option, and what it pays at expiry.

02

Lecture 02

The value of optionality

Why uncertainty creates option value, and why the shape of outcomes matters.