Long Options: When Buying Calls and Puts Makes Sense — Connie Hill (9-8-26)

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Connie Hill explains when to buy call or put options, techniques to reduce time decay, and the key risks. Educational webcast; options aren’t suitable for all investors.

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What stands out

Connie Hill, CMT, walked through the arithmetic and psychology of buying options, from minimizing time decay to choosing when a long call or put actually makes sense. That matters because Schwab is not just hosting education, it is nudging a large retail base toward strategies that increase trading activity and platform engagement. With the webcast’s plain warning that options are risky and requirements apply, the session reads like practical marketing and risk control at once, timed against a week of renewed rate and inflation headlines.