Option Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options
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Option Strategies will take you on a guided tour of the world of option strategies. Options present the investor with a myriad of new strategies. Some are very conservative, such as covered call writing, whereas others are very speculative, such as naked call selling. Options provide more and often better ways to fine-tune your investing strategies to expected market conditions.
Introduction:
Option Strategies covers all types of options: stock index, stock, and commodity. Bullish and bearish strategies are covered equally. It will be useful to all options traders and hedgers, from novices to professionals. The book is divided into two parts. The four chapters of Part One outline the fundamentals of options. This part forms a base for the remainder of the book. Even experienced options traders should scan these chapters to make sure they are using the same terminology as is found in this book.
Part Two contains Chapter 6, which outlines several of the considerations that are important in selecting a strategy. The following chapters discuss each main strategy, the risks and rewards of the strategy, the selection of the various components of the strategy, and the necessary follow-up actions. In This Edition, Author has added a new chapter, Chapter 24, which outlines the most critical aspects of trading, psychology, and risk management. This book is meant to be used every day by the options strategist and trader. Wear it out!
Contents:
– PART ONE : Why and How Option Prices Move
- The Fundamentals of Options
- The Basics of Option Price Movements
- Advanced Option Price Movements
- Volatility
– PART TWO : Option Strategies
- Selecting a Strategy
- Buy a Call
- Buy a Put
- Naked Call Writing
- Covered Call Writing
- Ratio Covered Call Writing
- Naked Put Writing
- Covered Put Writing
- Ratio Covered Put Writing
- Bull Spreads
- Bear Spreads
- Butterfly Spreads
- Calendar Spreads
- Ratio Spreads
- Ratio Calendar Spreads
- Straddles and Strangles
- Synthetic Calls and Puts
- Synthetic Longs and Shorts
- How to Make Money Trading Options
Option Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options By Courtney Smith pdf
8 reviews for Option Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options
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Kyree Fuentes (verified owner) –
The bad news: This is a classic textbook that requires all your attention and more. Even an experienced option trader can get lost easily. The good news: It is a comprehensive guide and reference book which I use once a week to help me choose the right move.
Raven Morrow (verified owner) –
This book contains absolutely no information on how to judge whether a particular option is over- or under-priced, or how to arrive at either a bullish or bearish outlook. The idea is that you have already come to some conclusion and then you consult the book to determine how you should play the option. That would be fine if the book did not contain numerous errors, all due to the fact that this book apparently was not proof-read. For example, if your outlook is bullish, you find the strategy for putting on a call spread, and select the type of spread you want to do. The author then copied the same instructions into the section on bear spreads, and then tried to change all the “calls” to “puts” or the “buys” to “sells.” Of course, he missed many such changes, and there are multiple instances where the word “call” appears where it should read “put,” and where “buy” appears when it should be “sell.” If you buy this book, you will have to make your own corrections in it, or you may follow the instructions right into the poorhouse. I consider the money I spent on this book to be wasted.
Alexa Cuevas (verified owner) –
Met Courney Smith in person. He has no nonsense trading strategies. He’s a master trader.
Harris Nixon (verified owner) –
Courtney is a great mentor, author, instructor, and speaker. Appreciate all you share with your fans. PS I am a fan!
Amari Cantrell (verified owner) –
Amaizing, and , what is most important – working techniques for option. I finally understand that difficult subject.
Madeleine Sutton (verified owner) –
Courtney Smith is an absolute genius. I thought i knew a lot about options trading, but my eyes are now open, and i was amazed by what I didn’t know.
Warren Willis (verified owner) –
It is just basic book
Brecken Lowe (verified owner) –
As a person who has always found option strategies to be quite confusing, this book is a god-send! Mr. Smith’s book is the only options strategy book that I’ve ever read that gives a concise and clear decision tree on what strategy to use in what market conditions. Anyone who is a serious options trader and wants to be profitable needs this book in their library!