How to use this site

Spruce is a short course. Resist the urge to jump straight to credit-spread playbooks. Those pages assume you already understand options and the risk menu.

Not financial advice

Educational material only. Verify broker and CRA rules yourself.

Reading path

Part A — Mechanics

1. Disclaimer
2. Glossary
3. Options basics
4. Single-option payoffs
5. Greeks → Weekly vs monthly

Part B — Risk management

1. Ways to manage risk
2. Compare strategies with one example

Part C — Credit spreads (one tool)

1. Credit-spread payoffs
2. Playbooks and risk policy
3. Operating checklists · order types · worked examples
4. Canadian notes if relevant
5. HITL / dry-run before expecting automation

Tags

Tag	Meaning
[verified]	Matches independent public sources or a primary broker page
[operator preference]	Curriculum default you can change
[pending-verify]	Needs a stronger primary source

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