Book description
Your complete three-book options library: up-to-date techniques, crystal-clear explanations, real examples, step-by-step instructions!
Three options best-sellers, one great price! Guy Cohen introduces options in plain English, so you can start earning profits fast. W. Edward Olmstead teaches step-by-step how to control risk, safeguard investments, and much more. Then, Michael Thomsett presents 12 conservative strategies for hedging losses, mitigating risk, creating income, and increasing overall returns.
From world-renowned leaders and experts, includingGuy Cohen, Dr. W. Edward Olmstead, and Michael C. Thomsett.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
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Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Executive Summary
- Preface
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Options
- Criteria for Successful Investing
- Risk Profile Charts
- The Definition of an Option
- The Valuation of Options
- Intrinsic and Time Value for Calls
- Intrinsic and Time Value for Puts
- The Seven Factors that Influence an Option's Premium
- Risk Profile Charts for Call Options
- Risk Profile Charts for Put Options
- Memory Tips for Long and Short Calls and Puts
- Basic Risk Profiles Summary
- Chapter 1 Major Learning Points
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Chapter 2. Into the Marketplace
- How to Read Option Prices
- Option Contracts
- Option Exchanges
- Option Expiration Dates
- Exercise Prices
- Option Ticker Symbols
- Margin
- Placing Your Trade Order
- Types of Order in the Market
- Time Limits with Trade Orders
- Always Have a STOP in Mind Whenever You Make a Trade
- Trading Tips
- Leverage and Gearing
- A Brief Introduction to Delta (Hedge Ratio)
- Chapter 2 Major Learning Points
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Chapter 3. The Basics of Fundamental Analysis
- Past History and Management
- News and Results
- Sentiment and Expectations
- The Wider Economy
- Economic Indicators to Watch (USA Only)
- Bonds
- Supply and Demand
- Corporate Fundamentals
- Key Financial Terms
- Key Financial Figures and Ratios
- Search Criteria and Screening Filters for Fundamentals
- Common Sense and Being Alert
- Chapter 3 Major Learning Points
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Chapter 4. The Basics of Technical Analysis
- Three Ways to View Price Patterns
- Basic Chart Patterns
- Support and Resistance
- Double and Triple Tops and Bottoms
- Head and Shoulders
- Reverse Head and Shoulders
- Consolidations—Pennants, Triangles, and Wedges
- Fibonacci Retracements
- Elliott Wave
- Gann Levels
- Gaps
- Volume
- Technical Analysis Indicators
- Moving Averages
- Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
- Stochastics
- The Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Different Time Frames
- More Technical Analysis Terminology
- Chapter 4 Major Learning Points
- Chapter 5. Two Popular Strategies and How to Improve Them
- Chapter 6. An Introduction to the Greeks
- Chapter 7. Bull Call Spreads and Bull Put Spreads
- Chapter 8. Two Basic Volatility Strategies
- Chapter 9. Two Basic Sideways Strategies
- Chapter 10. Trading and Investing Psychology
- Chapter 11. Putting It All Together—A Call to Action
- Chapter 12. Stock Futures and Options Strategies (Bonus Chapter)
- Appendix I. Strategy Table
- Appendix II. Glossary
- References and Recommended Reading
- Index
- Financial Times Prentice Hall Books
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Options for the Beginner and Beyond: Unlock the Opportunities and Minimize the Risks
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Preface
- Section I Basic Concepts
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Section II TRADING STRATEGIES
- 10 Vertical Spreads
- 11 Event-Producing Credit Spreads
- 12 Calendar Spreads
- 13 Advanced Calendar Spreads
- 14 Covered Calls
- 15 Straddles and Strangles
- 16 Stock Repair and Stock Enhancement
- 17 Married Puts
- 18 Collars
- 19 Advanced Collars
- 20 Naked Option Writing
- 21 Stock Substitutes
- 22 Backspreads
- 23 Butterfly Spreads
- 24 Iron Condors and Double Diagonals
- 25 An End-of-Year Tax Strategy
- Section III SPECIAL TOPICS
- Index
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Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits without Increasing Your Risk
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Preface
- 1. Setting the Ground Rules
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2. Option Basics
- The Workings of Option Contracts
- Long and Short
- Calls and Call Strategies
- Puts and Put Strategies
- Listed Options and LEAPS Options
- Coordinating Strategies with Portfolio Goals
- Option and Stock Volatility: The Central Element of Risk
- Valuable Resource
- Trading Costs in the Option Analysis
- Tax Rules for Options: An Overview
- The Importance of Professional Advice and Tax Planning
- 3. Options in Context
- 4. Managing Profits and Losses
- 5. Options as Cash Generators
- 6. Alternatives to Stock Purchase
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7. Option Strategies in Down Markets
- Thinking Outside the Market Box
- The Long Put: The Overlooked Option
- Short Puts: A Variety of Strategies
- Comparing Rates of Return for Dissimilar Strike Prices
- Using Calls in Down Markets
- Evaluating Your Stock Positions
- Stock Positions and Risk Evaluation
- Options and Downside Risk
- Option Planning with Loss Carryover
- 8. Combination Conservative Techniques
- 9. Stock Selection and the Option Contract
- Appendix: Option Trading Strategies
- Glossary
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Put Option Strategies for Smarter Trading: How to Protect and Build Capital in Turbulent Markets
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction: Surviving in Volatile and Falling Markets
- 1. The Flexible Nature of Options: Risks for All Levels
- 2. Puts, the Other Options: The Overlooked Risk Hedge
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3. Profit-Taking Without Selling Stock: An Elegant Solution
- The Insurance Put
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Valuable Resource
- Picking the Best Long Put: Time, Proximity, and Cost
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Buying Puts Versus Short-selling Stock
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Rolling into Spreads to Offset Put Losses
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Buying Puts to Protect Covered Call Positions
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Tax Problems with Long Puts
- Key Point
- Key Point
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4. Swing Trading with Puts: Long and Short or Combined with Calls
- Key Point
- Basics of Swing Trading
- Key Point
- Key Point
- A Swing Trading Method: Long and Short Stock
- Key Point
- The Alternative: Using Options
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Variations on the Options Swing Trading Method
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Multiple Contract Strategies
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- 5. Put Strategies for Spreads: Hedging for Profit
- 6. Put Strategies for Straddles: Profits in Either Direction
- 7. Puts in the Ratio Spread: Altering the Balance
- 8. Puts as Part of Synthetic Strategies: Playing Stocks Without the Risk
- 9. Puts in Contrary Price Run-ups: Safe Counter-Plays During Bear Markets
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10. Uncovered Puts to Create Cash Flow: Rising Markets and Reversal Patterns
- The Uncovered Short Put
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Evaluating Your Rate of Return from Selling Puts
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Covered Short Straddles
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Covered Short Spreads
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Recovery Strategies for Exercised Covered Straddles and Spreads
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Short Puts in Rising Markets: One-Sided Swing Trading
- Key Point
- Key Point
- Glossary
- Index
- Financial Times Press
Product information
- Title: Introduction to Trading and Investing with Options (Collection)
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2011
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780132657914
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