Adam Warner

Options Volatility Trading: Strategies for Profiting from Market Swings

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How to collect big profits froma volatile options market Over the past decade, the concept ofvolatility has drawn attention fromtraders in all markets across theglobe. Unfortunately, this scrutiny has alsocreated a proliferation of myths about whatvolatility means and how it works. Options Volatility Trading deconstructs someof the common misunderstandings about volatilitytrading and shows you how to successfullymanage an options trading account andinvestment portfolio with expertise.This reliable guidebook provides an in-depthlook at the volatility index (VIX) and demonstrateshow to use it in conjunction withother analytical tools to determine an accuratemeasure of investor sentiment. However,recognizing a trend isn't enough. In order togive you everything you need to profit in theoptions market, Options Volatility Trading also features: Detailed analysis of historicalvolatility patterns in the contextof trading activity Insights into the behavioral psychologyof trading volatility Revealing examinations of marketnoise that distorts exploitable anomalies Author Adam Warner, a recognized tradingstrategist and financial writer, sheds lighton the required mathematics by thoroughlycovering options Greeks and building a solidfoundation for more advanced optionsand volatility concepts. He explains how to diversify your investment choices using thelatest trading vehicles on the market, includingexchange traded funds (ETFs), whichoffer exceptional money-earning potentialfor volatility traders. Applying the conceptual lessons in thisin-depth book, you will be able to identify,collect, and process the abundance of dataavailable every day in order to time the marketslike a pro, as well as develop your owntoolbox of best practices and time-testedstrategies for locking in big profits fromdramatic shifts in investor sentiment.Most importantly, Options Volatility Trading provides you with a go-to resource of dependableguidelines that will help you become asuccessful volatility trader in options and anyother market.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780071629652
• ISBN-10: 0071629653
• Artikelnr.: 26485624

Autorenporträt

Adam Warner is the founder of the "DailyOptions Report" and a faculty member ofthe popular trading website, Minyanville.com. His writings have appeared on a numberof sites, including Tradingmarkets.com, Stocktwits.com, and Wallstrip.com. Warnerhas traded options professionally for over 20years. He lives in suburban New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

1. VIX and the Art of Position Maintenance 2. And So, My Friends, I Bequeath Unto You, an Index that Will Quantify this Thing You Refer to as Volatility 3. Big Vixin': Can You Compare Volatility Across Eras? 4. Behind the VIX Curtain: How Do Actual Traders Analyze Volatility? 5. Like the Weather: The Trading VIX and Why It Doesn't Work Like You Think 6. Up In Smoke? Can Buying High and Selling Low in Volatility Actually Be a Great Idea? 7. Smile Like You Mean It 8. Time On My Side 9. Ultra Shares: Double Your Way Down to Zero 10. Guilt by Coincidental Association: The Plus Tick Rule 11. Ratio Ratio 12. Conclusion