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When it comes to boosting your portfolio, you've got options!
Looking for a new way to flex your investing muscle? Look no further! Options Trading For Dummies offers trusted guidance for anyone ready to jump into the versatile, rewarding world of stock options. And just what are your options options? This book breaks down the most common types of options contracts, helping you select the right strategy for your needs. Learn all about the risk-reward structure of options trading and reduce your risk through smart mixing and matching.
Today's markets are more topsy turvy than ever before, but there is also more potential for everyday investors like you to profit, regardless of economic conditions. Options are great for broadening your retirement portfolio or earning a little extra scratch through shorter-term positions. Options Trading For Dummies is your plain-English resource for learning how!
Demystify the world of options contracts and how to trade them, including index, equity, and ETF options
Use technical analysis to create a solid trading strategy that limits your risk
Protect your assets and avoid the pitfalls common to first-time options traders
Learn about covered calls, butterfly positions, and other techniques that can enhance your gains
Thinking of trading options, but not sure where to start? This latest edition of Options Trading For Dummies provides you with step-by-step advice for boosting your income under today's market conditions.
Auteur
Dr. Joe Duarte is a financial writer, private investor and trader, and former money manager/president of River Willow Capital Management. In addition to Options Trading For Dummies, he is the author of Trading Futures For Dummies and Market Timing For Dummies. Visit his website at joeduarteinthemoneyoptions.com
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Swap options like a Wall Street pro
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! That's the sound of your options trades paying off, thanks to the trading know-how to be found inside Options Trading For Dummies. Calls, puts, strike prices, breakevensit's all explained right here, so you can start playing up, down, and sideways markets like your own personal money-making violin. A more balanced, strategic, andof courselucrative portfolio is music to your ears, right? Let For Dummies be your no-nonsense mentor as you jump into the options fray! Inside
Résumé
When it comes to boosting your portfolio, you've got options!
Looking for a new way to flex your investing muscle? Look no further! Options Trading For Dummies offers trusted guidance for anyone ready to jump into the versatile, rewarding world of stock options. And just what are your options options? This book breaks down the most common types of options contracts, helping you select the right strategy for your needs. Learn all about the risk-reward structure of options trading and reduce your risk through smart mixing and matching.
Today's markets are more topsy turvy than ever before, but there is also more potential for everyday investors like you to profit, regardless of economic conditions. Options are great for broadening your retirement portfolio or earning a little extra scratch through shorter-term positions. Options Trading For Dummies is your plain-English resource for learning how!
Contenu
Introduction 1
About This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Beyond the Book 5
Where to Go from Here 5
Part 1: Getting Started with Options Trading 7
Chapter 1: Options Trading and You, the Individual Investor 9
Rewiring Your Thinking 10
Preparing to Trade: Take a Pre-Trading Flight Check 11
Understanding Options 12
Getting the complete picture 13
Knowing option essentials 14
Trying different strategies before deploying them in real time 16
Putting options in their place 18
Differentiating between Option Styles 19
Using options to limit your risk 19
Applying options to sector investing 20
Using Options in Challenging Markets 21
Reducing your directional bias and making money in flat markets 21
Controlling your emotions 21
Chapter 2: Introducing Options 23
Understanding Option Contracts 23
Tuning in to option basics 24
Comparing options to other securities 26
Valuing Options 27
Knowing your rights and obligations as an options trader 28
Identifying useful terms of endearment 28
Making Sense of Options Mechanics 30
Identifying options 30
Rotating with the expiration cycle 31
Making a decision: Expiration time is key 32
Detailing your rights 33
Creating Option Contracts out of Thin Air 33
Opening and closing positions 34
Selling an option you don't own 35
Keeping Some Tips in Mind 36
Chapter 3: Trading Places: Where the Action Happens 39
Identifying the U.S Options Exchanges 40
Navigating the Markets 40
Executing trades 41
Naming the option market participants 42
Eyeing transactions and orders unique to options 43
Making sure you know these trading rules 44
Weighing Option Costs and Benefits 47
Recognizing option risks 47
Identifying costs unique to options 48
Valuing options benefits 49
Grasping Key Option Pricing Factors 52
Introducing option Greeks 53
Connecting past movement to the future 54
Chapter 4: Identifying Option Risks and Rewards 57
Understanding Your Trading Risks 58
Risking money with stocks 58
Calculating option risks 61
Reaping Your Rewards 62
Benefiting from stocks 62
Breaking even with options 63
Profiling Risk and Reward 65
Profiling stock trades with risk graphs 66
Profiling option trades with risk graphs 67
Combining option positions 69
Considering the worst-case scenario 71
Part 2: Evaluating Markets, Sectors, and Strategies 73
Chapter 5: Looking Closer Inside the Algo-Controlled Market 75
Considering a Few Words about Select Macro Factors 76
Assessing the Market's (the Algos') Bias 77
Judging the strength of a move 78
(Psycho)-analyzing the market 84
Watching Call and Put Extremes 87
Understanding put/call ratios 88
Using Volatility to Measure Fear 90
Measuring volatility 90
Recognizing impact from changing volatility 90
Spelling fear the Wall Street way: V-I-X 91
Chapter 6: Sector Analysis: Technical and Fundamental 93
Getting Technical with Charts 94
Understanding chart basics 94
Adjusting your time horizon for the best view 95
Visualizing supply and demand 96
Identifying Relatively Strong Sectors 99
Relative ratios 99
Rate of change indicator 102
Using Sector Volatility Tools 104 ...