Understanding Options

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-09-22
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Written by Michael Sincere, the best-selling author of Understanding Stocks and other popular investing books, this down-to-earth guide employs short concise chapters to explain what options are, the various types of options, how to trade options, how to avoid investing mistakes, and much more. Understanding Options tells you in jargon-free language how options are income-producing tools; how options can be part of an overall investing plan; the relationship between options and stocks; the pros and cons of options; how personal computers have made options easier than ever to understand and use; and much more. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
PART ONE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FIRST
1 Welcome to the Options Market
3(8)
2 How to Open an Options Account
11(8)
3 The Fascinating Characteristics of Options
19(18)
PART TWO SELLING COVERED CALLS
4 The Joy of Selling (Writing) Covered Calls
37(14)
5 How to Choose Profitable Covered Calls
51(14)
6 Step-by-Step: Selling Covered Calls
65(14)
7 Managing Your Covered Call Position
79(14)
PART THREE HOW TO BUY CALLS
8 Introduction to Call Strategies
93(10)
9 How to Choose Profitable Calls
103(10)
10 Volatility and Options Pricing
113(12)
11 Step-by-Step: Buying Calls
125(14)
12 Managing Your Call Position
139(12)
PART FOUR HOW TO BUY PUTS
13 How to Choose Profitable Puts
151(12)
14 Managing Your Put Position
163(14)
PART FIVE ADVANCED OPTIONS STRATEGIES
15 Straddles and Spreads
177(12)
16 Selling Naked Puts and the Strangle
189(14)
PART SIX UNCOMMON ADVICE
17 Sheldon Natenberg: Professional Options Trader
203(10)
18 What I Really Think About Options
213(9)
Thank You 222(1)
Index 223

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