Essential option strategies : understanding the market and avoiding common pitfalls

Essential option strategies : understanding the market and avoiding common pitfalls / J.J. Kinahan.

"Learn the ins-and-outs of options trading with clear, practical guidance Essential Option Strategies is an introductory guide to options trading, designed to help new options traders better understand the market and the potential opportunities that exist. This book is designed to bring you up...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinahan, J. J., 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016.
Series:Online access with DDA: Askews (Economics)
Subjects:
Options (Finance)
Investments.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Investments
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part I: Getting Started in Investing; Chapter 1: The Opening Bell; Probabilities; Getting Started; Research; Data; Charts; Commissions and Fees; Virtual Trading Platforms; Summary; References; Chapter 2: First Days of Trading; Brief History of Stock Market Averages; Key Market Indexes Today; The Volatility Index; Futures; The Bond Market; Fed Watch; Economic Indicators; Earnings; Find Your Niche; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Know the Underlying; Where Do Options Trade?; Stock Talk.
  • Exchange-Traded FundsShort Selling; On the Margin; Summary; References; Chapter 4: Avoiding Mistakes; Position Size; Volume and Liquidity; Order Entry Techniques; Understand Risk; Summary; References; Part II: The Options Market; Chapter 5: Options Basics; Stock Options; Option Value; Exercise and Assignment; Volume and Open Interest; Index Options; Summary; References; Chapter 6: Introduction to Call Options; Call Options versus Stock; Risk and Reward of Long Call; Real-World Example; Short Calls; Index Call Options; Summary; Reference; Chapter 7: Introduction to Put Options.
  • Long Puts versus Short SellingRisk and Reward; Real-World Example; Protective Puts; Index Put Options; Summary; References; Chapter 8: Components of Options Prices; Delta and Other Greeks; Strike Price; Theta and Time Decay; Vega and Implied Volatility; Dividends; Rho and Interest Rates; Put-Call Parity; Summary; References; Chapter 9: Probabilities; Probabilities 101; Probability of Profit; Probability of Touching; Example; Delta to Measure Probabilities; Summary; References; Part III: Strategies and Positions; Chapter 10: Covered Calls; The Covered Call; Example; Summary; References.
  • Chapter 11: Cash-Secured PutsShort Puts; Example; Summary; Chapter 12: Long Vertical Spreads; Bull Call Spread; Example; Bear Put Spread; Example; Summary; Chapter 13: Short Vertical Spreads; Short (Bull) Put Spread; Example; Short (Bear) Call Spread; Example; Summary; Chapter 14: Calendar Spreads; Call Calendar Spread; Example; Put Calendar Spread; Example; Summary; Chapter 15: Butterfly Spreads; Butterfly Spread; Example; Iron Butterfly Spread; Example; Summary; Chapter 16: Condor Spreads; Condor Spread; Example; Iron Condor Spread; Example; Summary; Chapter 17: The Close; Risk Management.
  • Options OrdersUsing Options to Reduce Capital Commitment; Rolling with Spread Trades; Investing and Social Media; Final Thoughts; Appendix A: The Greeks; Delta Defined; Delta Neutral; Gamma; Theta; Vega; Rho; Reference; Appendix B: Strategy Recap; Long Call; Short Call; Long Put; Protective Put; Covered Call; Collar; Cash-Secured Put; Long Call Spread; Long Put Spread; Short Call Spread; Short Put Spread; Call Calendar Spread; Put Calendar Spread; Call Butterfly Spread (Long); Put Butterfly Spread (Long); Iron Butterfly; Call Condor Spread (Long); Put Condor Spread (Long); Iron Condor.

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