January 2012
Beginner
30 pages
27m
English
Option strategies provide investors with an intelligent method for reducing the risk associated with investing. Options also provide the more aggressive investor with a method for achieving outstanding returns, albeit those higher returns do not come without added risk. Because options are versatile investment tools, a variety of strategies is available. Most are very easy to understand, and there is no need for the average investor to be concerned with complex strategies. A few examples follow.
When buying put options, the investor gets to own the most complete insurance policy—one that guarantees the ability to sell his/her stocks at ...