How to buy a call

Buying a call is the most basic options trading strategy that you can utilize when expecting an upwards price movement in a particular stock. There are many different methods for choosing an underlying security, but when you buy a call, you are essentially saying that you believe that the underlying stock´s value will increase before the option´s expiration date. A couple of things to keep in mind when buying calls: Options closer to expiration will cost less but also have less time to make the desired price move. In-the-money options may be more expensive than out-of-the-money options, but out-of-the-money options have no intrinsic value, only time value.