Making Money with Option Strategies: Powerful Hedging Ideas for the Serious Investor to Reduce Portfolio Risks

by Michael C. Thomsett

Overview

Making Money With Option Strategies is a practical, down-to-earth guide that introduces and fully explains an action plan to reduce risk in any stock portfolio.

There are many options books available already, and they fall into two major categories: basic primers limited to explaining the terminology and market of options; and more advanced books discussing theory and pricing models of options.

None of these books addresses the largest audience of all—those who know the basics but are not interested in theories and pricing models. They want clear, practical ways to apply these principles to make money and reduce their risks. Making Money With Option Strategies is designed for this market.

Michael has traded options since the mid-1970s and is the best-selling options author in the United States. His best-selling Getting Started in Options, a beginner's book now in its ninth edition, has sold more than 300,000 copies since 1986.

Many people view options as exotic, complex, and high-risk beasts. They are not. If your portfolio risk keeps you up at night, adding carefully designed option strategies to hedge risks will help you get a good night's sleep.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632650467
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	08/22/2016
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Michael C. Thomsett is a full-time writer, teacher, and speaker. His options courses have been sponsored by Moody's Analytics as well as online on many educational sites, including the Global Risk Community. He has published dozens of books and written hundreds of articles about options, stock investing, candlestick charting, and technical analysis. Thomsett is also a frequent contributor to Better Investing and AAII Journal. Michael is active on popular social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter; and blogs for TheStreet.com, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Options Hub, and many other sites. His popular blogs reach millions of readers daily.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Solving the Time and Proximity Issues 7

1 The Basics of Options 11

2 The Hedging Concept and Its Application 29

3 Option Valuation and Portfolio Risk 43

4 Speculation With Options vs. Conservative Strategies 57

5 Charting and Trade Timing 77

6 The Basic Covered Call 97

7 The Uncovered Put: Alternative to Covered Calls With Less Risk 119

8 Hedging With Spreads 131

9 The Butterfly and Condor 143

10 Collars and Synthetic Stock 155

11 Straddles Hedged 161

12 Rolling and Recovery Strategies 173

13 Avoiding Early Exercise of Short Options 183

14 Collateral and Tax Rules for Options Trading 191

15 The Final Twist: Proximity 195

Glossary 205

Bibliography 215

Index 217

About the Author 223

Editorial Reviews

"A very well written and comprehensive book on options trading.
A must have for any trader's library."
—Iris Marie Mack, PhD, EMBA, author of Energy Trading and Risk Management

Reviews

"A very well written and comprehensive book on options trading.
A must have for any trader's library."
—Iris Marie Mack, PhD, EMBA, author of Energy Trading and Risk Management

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