Your Options Handbook: The Practical Reference and Strategy Guide to Trading OptionsA comprehensive yet simplified guide to the complex world of options investing and risk management Before trading derivatives, one needs to understand the secrets and mechanics behind the options market. Your Options Handbook: The Practical Reference and Strategy Guide to Trading Options offers a straightforward, practical explanation of the options marketplace, including its origins, the mechanics of the market, and how to profit from trading options.
Options are a versatile trading instrument that typically cost less and can have lower risk than stocks. They also offer investors a unique edge and lucrative opportunities that are not available to stock only traders. Your Options Handbook helps investors fully understand the options market, allowing them to enter the sector with greater ease. |
Contents
Foreword | |
Acknowledgments xxvii | |
Sectors and Industries 9 | |
Final Thoughts 16 | |
Key Indicators to Watch 27 | |
Final Thoughts 43 | |
Digesting the News 57 | |
Techniques | |
Long Put 181 | |
Basic Stock and Options Spread 195 | |
The Advanced | |
Butterflies versus Condors 281 | |
Final Thoughts 309 | |
Synthetics and More on PutCall Parity 316 | |
Final Thoughts 336 | |
What Is Psych Cap? 345 | |
The Basics 114 | |
Trading OptionsOrder Types 122 | |
Exercise and Assignment 128 | |
What Is Triple Witching? Or Quadruple Witching 134 | |
Final Thoughts 156 | |
Covered Call BuyWrite 171 | |
Strategies and Tactics for Large Psych Cap Balances 352 | |
About the Contributor 359 | |
Notes 383 | |
About the Author 389 | |
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