Option Strategies : Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options

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.

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Year of publication:	2008 ; 3rd ed.
Authors:	Smith, Courtney
Publisher:	Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Subject:	Optionsgeschäft \| Option trading \| Optionspreistheorie \| Option pricing theory \| Futures \| Aktienindex \| Stock index

Extent:	1 online resource (321 pages)
Series:	Wiley trading Wiley Trading Ser ; v.362
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Option Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; DECISION STRUCTURES; SIMPLIFICATION OF OPTIONS CALCULATIONS; CARRYING CHARGES; OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; Part I: Why and How Option Prices Move; Chapter 2: The Fundamentals of Options; WHAT IS AN OPTION?; DESCRIBING AN OPTION; LIQUIDATING AN OPTION; CHANGES IN OPTION SPECIFICATIONS; THE OPTION CHART; PRICE QUOTES; COMMISSIONS; ORDERS; Chapter 3: The Basics of Option Price Movements; THE COMPONENTS OF THE PRICE; THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE OPTIONS PRICES KEY OPTIONS CALCULATIONSChapter 4: Advanced Option Price Movements; ADVANCED OPTION PRICE MOVEMENTS; OPTION PRICING MODELS; THE GREEKS; DESCRIBING AN OPTION STRATEGY; NEUTRAL STRATEGIES; NOT EQUIVALENTS; Chapter 5: Volatility; VOLATILITY AND THE OPTIONS TRADER; WHAT IS VOLATILITY?; BELL CURVES AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; THE REALITY OF PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PRICES; HOW TO CALCULATE HISTORICAL VOLATILITY; PREDICTING IMPLIED VOLATILITY; Part II: Option Strategies; Chapter 6: Selecting a Strategy; OPTION CREATIVITY; TRADEOFFS CONSTRUCTING A STRATEGYBUILDING A STRATEGY; THE KEY IS HAVING AN APPROACH; NOW WHAT DO I DO?; USING THE TABLES; THE BOTTOM LINE; Chapter 7: Buy a Call; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; ORDERS; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 8: Buy a Put; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; ORDERS; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 9: Naked Call Writing; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 10: Covered Call Writing; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; ORDERS; WRITING AGAINST INSTRUMENT ALREADY OWNED; PHYSICAL LOCATION OF UNDERLYING INSTRUMENT DECISION STRUCTUREWRITE AGAINST A CONVERTIBLE SECURITY; DIVERSIFICATION OF PROFIT AND PROTECTION; Chapter 11: Ratio Covered Call Writing; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 12: Naked Put Writing; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 13: Covered Put Writing; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; ORDERS; WRITING AGAINST INSTRUMENT ALREADY OWNED; PHYSICAL LOCATION OF UNDERLYING INSTRUMENT; DECISION STRUCTURE; DIVERSIFICATION OF PROFIT AND PROTECTION; Chapter 14: Ratio Covered Put Writing; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY RISK/REWARDDECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 15: Bull Spreads; STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 16: Bear Spreads; STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 17: Butterfly Spreads; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 18: Calendar Spreads; STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 19: Ratio Spreads; STRATEGY; EQUIVALENT STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 20: Ratio Calendar Spreads; STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE; Chapter 21: Straddles and Strangles; STRATEGY; RISK/REWARD; DECISION STRUCTURE Chapter 22: Synthetic Calls and Puts
ISBN:	978-0-470-37047-6 ; 978-0-470-24779-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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