I want to make $3,000 if ETH ends above $2,800 by Nov 27
That sentence is a whole options trade. You never pick contracts or legs. You say what you think, and OptionHouse builds the position. ## The pills Each coloured word is a pill. Tap one to change it, and the price follows. | Pill | What it sets | | --- | --- | | Amount | What you make if the position wins in full. | | Asset | What the position is on: ETH, BTC or SOL. | | Verb | Which way you think it goes. | | Price | The price, or the two ends of a range. | | Date | When the position ends. | A colour always means its word. Butter is what you make, sky the asset, salmon the verb, mint the price, lilac the date. ## Five verbs | Verb | You win if the asset | | --- | --- | | ends above | finishes above a price. | | ends below | finishes below a price. | | stays between | finishes inside a range. | | ends near | finishes right at a price. This pays most. | | breaks out of | finishes outside a range. | Each verb draws its own shape: flat where you lose, rising where you win. ## Why a ramp The price in your sentence is where the full amount pays: ETH ending above $3,000 pays all of "make $3,000". A position doesn't jump from nothing to everything there, though. Just short of the price, the payout climbs toward the full amount, so a position can make money a little before its price. That ramp is what lets every position carry a fixed most-you-can-lose. Next: [what you pay and what you can make](/docs/traders/pay-and-make).