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Description of The Options Course Workbook

An indispensable, hands–on companion to The Options Course, Second Edition

In the fully updated Second Edition of The Options Course, successful options trader and acclaimed options trading instructor, George Fontanills, offers you an improved and expanded look at trading stocks and options.

Now, in The Options Course Workbook, Fontanills offers a wealth of practical learning exercises to help further your understanding of stocks and options, as well as test and apply what you′ve learned before you take your first step into the real markets—where time and money is a luxury you can′t afford to lose.

This hands–on companion to The Options Course, Second Edition includes a complete answer key and covers a wide range of stocks and options issues including:

• Basic trading strategies
• Risk and margin
• Delta neutral trading
• Trading techniques for directional and range–bound markets
• And much more

Title Information

ISBN:

9780471694212

Pages:

240 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

21025

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

04/03/2005

Edition:

2nd Edition

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About George A. Fontanills

GEORGE A. FONTANILLS, who received his MBA from the prestigious Harvard Business School, is the cofounder and President Emeritus of Optionetics, the world leader in options education, with offices around the world specializing in teaching high–profit, low–risk, low–stress options trading strategies (www.optionetics.com). Additionally, George′s reputation as "the dean of options trading" has led to numerous guest appearances on television and radio shows across the country. A retired hedge fund manager, he has written and cowritten many books on trading, including Trade Options Online, The Stock Market Course, and The Volatility Course, all published by Wiley.

Contents of The Options Course Workbook

PART 1: QUESTIONS

1. Introduction
2. The Big Picture
3. Elements of a Good Investment
4. A Short Course in Investment Economics
5. How to Spot Explosive Opportunities
6. Option Basics
7. Introduction to Delta Neutral Trading
8. The Greeks and Option Pricing
9. Risk Profiles
10. Risk and Margin
11. Basic Trading Strategies
12. The Nuts and Bolts of Delta Neutral Trading
13. Advanced Delta Neutral Strategies
14. Trading Techniques for Range-Bound Markets
15. Increasing Your Profits with Adjustments
16. Processing Your Trade
17. Placing Orders

PART 2: ANSWERS