Understanding Options, Second Edition

  • 4h 27m
  • Michael Sincere
  • McGraw-Hill
  • 2014

This new edition of Understanding Options provides all the basics you need to get started. Important new material includes overcoming assignment anxiety, LEAPS, the Greeks, protective and married puts, collars, credit and debit spreads, writing cash-secured puts, straddles, strangles, iron condors, calendar spreads, butterfly spreads, Weeklys, and mini-options.

About the Author

Michael Sincere is a full-time columnist for MarketWatch and author of numerous books, including Understanding Stocks, All About Market Indicators, Predict the Next Bull or Bear Market and Win, and Start Day Trading Now.

In this Book

  • Understanding Options, Second Edition
  • Preface
  • Welcome to the Options Market
  • How to Open an Options Account
  • The Fascinating Characteristics of Options
  • The Joy of Selling (Writing) Covered Calls
  • How to Choose the Right Covered Call
  • Step-by-Step: Selling Covered Calls
  • Managing Your Covered Call Position
  • Assignment: Your Obligation to Sell
  • Introduction to Call Strategies
  • How to Choose the Right Call Option
  • Volatility and Options Pricing
  • Step-by-Step: Buying Calls
  • Managing Your Call Position
  • Exercise: Your Right to Buy
  • How to Choose the Right Put Option
  • Managing Your Put Position
  • Protective and Married Puts
  • The Collar
  • Credit and Debit Spreads
  • Buying Straddles and Strangles
  • Selling Cash-Secured and Naked Puts
  • Delta and the Other Greeks
  • Trading Options with ETFs, Indexes, Weeklys, and Mini-Options
  • Advanced Strategies
  • Sheldon Natenberg: Professional Options Trader
  • Where to Get Help
  • Lessons I Learned About Options
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