Get Rich with Options: Four Winning Strategies Straight from the Exchange Floor

ISBN-13: 9780470445891 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 272 str.

Lee Lowell

Opis

A detailed guide to successfully trading stock and commodity options After numerous years as an options market-maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange, few analysts know how to make money trading options like author Lee Lowell. Now, in the Second Edition of Get Rich with Options, Lowell returns to show you exactly what works and what doesn't. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, this reliable resource provides you with the knowledge and strategies needed to achieve optimal results within the options market. It quickly covers the basics before moving on to the four options trading strategies that have helped Lowell profit in this arena time and again: buying deep-in-the-money call options, selling naked put options, selling option credit spreads, and selling covered calls.

• Breaks down four of the best options trading strategies currently available
• Explains how to set up a home-based business with the best options trading software, tools, and Web sites
• Contains detailed discussions of how options can be used as a hedging or speculating instrument

With this book as your guide, you'll quickly see options in a whole new light and learn how to become part of a small group of investors who consistently win.

Spis treści

Preface to the Second Edition.

Acknowledgments.

PART ONE: THE OPTION BASICS.

CHAPTER 1: It′s All about the Calls and Puts.

CHAPTER 2: How Options are Priced.

CHAPTER 3: Options Volatility.

CHAPTER 4: Stock versus Options.

CHAPTER 5: Option Selling Is your Key to Success.

PART TWO: THE STRATEGIES.

CHAPTER 6: Buy All the Stock You Want for Half the Price.

CHAPTER 7: Getting Paid to Buy Your Favorite Stock.

CHAPTER 8: Option Credit Spreads: The All–Star Strategy.

CHAPTER 9: A Day in the Life of the Market Maker.

CHAPTER 10: Put Your Stocks to Work Sell Covered Calls.

CHAPTER 11: A Bonus Strategy: Ratio Option Spreads.

PART THREE: GETTING READY TO TRADE.

CHAPTER 12: Tools of the Trade.

CHAPTER 13: Brokers and Commissions.

Conclusion.

Index.

O autorze

Lee Lowell is one of America′s leading options professionals and is the coeditor of Mt. Vernon Research′s Xcelerated Profits Report and Editor of Instant Money Trader and Triple–Zone Profit Trader. He has been an options trading professional for seventeen years and spent six years in the options trenches as a market–maker on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). After leaving the floor in 1998, Lowell started, and currently runs, his own home–based trading business actively trading commodity options and futures, stocks, stock options, ETFs, and e–mini futures. He′s had numerous articles published in leading financial magazines, including Futures and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, as well as articles posted on options–related Web sites such as www.optioninvestor.com and www.esignal.com. Lowell is also the author of the first edition of Get Rich with Options (Wiley).

Blurb

Praise for the first edition of Get Rich with Options

"No more excuses! Get Rich with Options provides a clear, honest, and detailed picture of the potential to trade stock and commodity options successfully. Lee covers all the bases, starting with the basics then spending time on concepts such as ITM, OTM, ATM, volatility, spreads, and delta. He turns the mystery of options trading into something cohesive and does it in an entirely user–friendly way. Get Rich with Options is the perfect segue into the world of options trading for anyone who has been intrigued by this investment strategy but too intimidated to try it. For the more seasoned trader, Lee offers little–known tips and advice that have kept him ahead of the pack for years. This is a rare how–to guide that answers all the questions, gives step–by–step instructions, and should be on every options trader′s bookshelf." Margaret Beeler, Managing Director, International Strategy & Investment, Inc.

"There are many options books in the market today. For the most part, they impart sterile options strategies that will ′theoretically′ work for you. But, they are written from the perspective of an academic. In Lee Lowell′s Get Rich with Options, you will learn options and commodities basics. That′s not where the value is. The value of this outstanding, understandable book comes from the author′s perspective of how to trade options and commodities. Lee Lowell brings you the secrets from the trading pits in New York, the secrets of a market–maker, a trader who must make money to survive, and a trader who has made thousands of successful trades. After reading the book, you will come away with a professional education and the stark realization that trading options is easier than you think, more profitable than you could imagine, and that there are only three or four surefire strategies that will make you a lot of money consistently. Clear your shelf for this one, it is an invaluable guide for the fastest growing segment of the investment arena today." Karim Rahemtulla, Investment Director, Mt. Vernon Research

"Option strategies are often delivered in a sea of hype. It′s refreshing to learn from someone like Lee who takes a conservative, no–BS approach to options and still makes investors money. I′m impressed by his frankness, his sincerity, and the way he manages risk." Julia Guth, Executive Publisher, The Oxford Club/Investment U

"Lee Lowell leads us down the road of complex derivative products and takes us out the other side much more profitably. This book will show you that trading on options is not out of reach. Lee takes complex ideas and breaks them down step by step to help every trader from novice to expert master the art of options trading. I found new ideas and skills at every turn in this book and think it′s a must–read for the serious commodity options trader." Kevin Kerr, Editor, Global Commodities Alert, and author ofA Maniac Commodity Trader′s Guide to Making a Fortune