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Description of Option Strategies

Updated and revised to include a decade of growth in the scope and complexity of options, Options Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive guide to options trading strategies written in clear, non-technical language.

In addition to insight into options issues like carrying changes, strike prices, commissions, interest rates, and break-even points, new chapters show how to predict the direction of implied volatility.

Accessible examples, charts, and graphs will help you obtain the information you need to succeed in the high-risk, high-profit world of options.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780470247792

Pages:

308 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

265177

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:

22/08/2008

Edition:

3rd Revised edition

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About Courtney Smith

Courtney D. Smith is Chairman of the Investment Mentoring Institute, an organization devoted to building great investors. He is also President and CIO of Courtney Smith & Co., Inc., which manages money for institutions, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, and is CEO and Chairman of Greater China Technology, Inc., a company that outsources software development to China.

Mr. Smith is the author of six books, including the two previous editions of Option Strategies. He has made over 1,000 TV appearances on shows such as Wall Street Journal Report, Moneyline, and other programs on CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, and CNN.

Contents of Option Strategies

Preface

1. Introduction

Part One. Why And How Option Prices Move
2. The Fundamentals Of Options
3. The Basics Of Option Price Movements
4. Advanced Option Price Movements
5. Volatility

Part Two. Option Strategies
6. Selecting A Strategy
7. Buy A Call
8. Buy A Put
9. Naked Call Writing
10. Covered Call Writing
11. Ratio Covered Call Writing
12. Naked Put Writing
13. Covered Put Writing
14. Ratio Covered Put Writing
15. Bull Spreads
16. Bear Spreads
17. Butterfly Spreads
18. Calendar Spreads
19. Ratio Spreads
20. Ratio Calendar Spreads
21. Straddles And Strangles
22. Synthetic Calls And Puts
23. Synthetic Longs And Shorts
24. How To Make Money Trading Options

Index
About The Author
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