Understand the math
behind your options trades.

The companion site to Options Math For Traders and The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations by Scott Nations — with free calculators, payoff profiles and cheat sheets for every major strategy.

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Welcome to OptionMath.com, the companion website for Options Math For Traders and The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations, both by Scott Nations.

OptionMath.com can help you become a better option trader by understanding option trade structures — including all the spreads and combinations — and the phenomena that impact option pricing. Even if you haven't bought the books, you're welcome to use the site.

Good luck.

Start with the calculators

Two Black-Scholes calculators in a single Excel workbook: one returns a theoretical option value from your inputs, the other reverse-engineers the volatility implied by an option's market price. Read how to use them.

OptionMath SpreadsheetExcel · macro-enabled

The strategies

Every major spread and combination, each with its expiration payoff profile and a printable cheat sheet.

See all fourteen strategies →