Jared Levy

Your Options Handbook (eBook, PDF)

The Practical Reference and Strategy Guide to Trading Options

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A 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. * Walks you through the stock and option markets from a professional's perspective, but uses plain language and simple analogies * Discusses different trading strategies based upon whether one's opinion of the market is bullish, bearish, or neutral * Details market players, useful tips, and trading psychology, and explains how options are priced 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118041185
• Artikelnr.: 38236790

Autorenporträt

JARED A. LEVY got his start trading as an options market maker and specialist in the pits of the Philadelphia and American Stock Exchanges in the '90s. Now as an exclusive CNBC contributor, he offers his commentary to the world as part of CNBC's Fast Money team and appears on several programs throughout the network. Jared is also featured and quoted in numerous industry publications both online and in print. He has been featured on Bloomberg, Fox, and several other radio and TV networks over the years. In 2006, he won an Emmy for his daily video, "Trader Cast." More recently, he served as the Senior Derivatives Specialist for PEAK6 Investments, L.P., and is currently an editor for Taipan Publishing Group.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 Market Basics and Market
Mechanics: What is Going on and How Does it all Work? The Markets. Sectors
and Industries. ETFs--A Different Kind of Investment. Final Thoughts.
Chapter 2 Data That Moves the Markets: The First Step in Your Analysis.
Data and Sentiment. Economists, Predictions, and Indicators. Economic
Indicators. Key Indicators to Watch. Final Thoughts. Chapter 3 Fundamental
and Technical Stock Analysis and Tools: The Second Step in your Analysis.
Introduction to Fundamental Analysis. Digesting the News. Cheap versus
Value. Mergers and Acquisitions for the Everyday Options Trader. The Wisdom
(or Lack Thereof) of Crowds. Trading Tactics and Technical Analysis. Plans
of Attack. New Trader Tips. Top 10 Things Professionals Do, That the
Average Retail Trader Doesn't. Final Thoughts. Chapter 4 Options Basics:
Techniques and Fundamentals to Master Before Applying any Options Strategy.
The Oracle of Omaha Did it, Why Can't I? The Basics. Trading Options--Order
Types. Options Expiration in Detail. Exercise and Assignment. When Should
You Exercise an Option Early? What is Triple Witching? (Or Quadruple
Witching). Final Thoughts. Chapter 5 The Greeks: The Forces That Influence
Options' Prices. Delta. Final Thoughts. Chapter 6 Strategy - The Basic
Option Trades. Basic Single Options Strategies. The Long Call. Covered Call
( Buy-Write). Buy-Write versus Covered Call. Long Put. Basic Stock and
Option Spread. Final Thoughts. Chapter 7 Strategy - The Basic Spread
Trades. Verticals Spreads in Depth. The Four Basic Vertical Spreads - Basic
Characteristics and Behavior. Credit Spreads versus Debit Spreads. Credit
Vertical Spreads. Debit Vertical Spreads. Buying a Put Spread (Bear Put
Spread). Buying a Call Spread (Bull Call Spread). Market Direction Neutral
Spread Strategies. Final Thoughts. Chapter 8 Strategy - The Advanced Option
Spreads. Market Neutral, Volatility, and Earnings Spread Strategies.
Butterflies versus Condors. Iron Spreads. Iron Butterfly versus Iron
Condor. Final Thoughts. Chapter 9 Advanced Concepts. Put-Call Parity,
Interest-Rates, Dividends, and Forwards. Synthetics and More on Put-Call
Parity. Final Thoughts. Chapter 10 A Revolutionary Approach to the Mind
Games of the Markets: Understand How Emotions Influence Trading. Trading is
Like Weather Forecasting. What is Psych Cap? Strategies and Tactics for
Large Psych Cap Balances. About the Contributor. Chapter 11 Turning Your
Trading into a Business. Learning the Dollar. Education. The Formative
Process. Tips and Formulas for Budgetary Success. Setting Up a Legal
Entity. Guidelines, Indicators, and Birds of Prey. Final Thoughts. About
the Contributor. Notes. About the Author. Index.