Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Options Trading 7Chapter 1: Options Trading and You, the Individual Investor 9Chapter 2: Introducing Options 23Chapter 3: Trading Places: Where the Action Happens 39Chapter 4: Identifying Option Risks and Rewards 57Part 2: Evaluating Markets, Sectors, and Strategies 73Chapter 5: Looking Closer Inside the Algo-Controlled Market 75Chapter 6: Sector Analysis: Technical and Fundamental 93Chapter 7: Practicing Before You Swing 123Chapter 8: Designing a Killer Trading Plan 143Part 3: What Every Trader Needs to Know about Options 161Chapter 9: Getting to Know Different Option Styles 163Chapter 10: Protecting Your Portfolio with Options 185Chapter 11: Increasing Profit Potential and Decreasing Risk 207Chapter 12: Combination Strategies: Spreads and Other Wild Things 229Chapter 13: Understanding ETFs, Options, and Other Useful Tricks 245Part 4: Advanced Strategies for Options Traders 273Chapter 14: Making Money without Worrying About the Market's Direction 275Chapter 15: Letting Volatility Show You the Way to Trading Opportunities 295Chapter 16: Trading Profitably When Markets Move Sideways 325Part 5: The Part of Tens 355Chapter 17: Ten Top Option Strategies 357Chapter 18: Ten Do's and Don'ts in Options Trading 373Index 383
Dr. Joe Duarte is a financial writer, private investor and trader, and former money manager/president of River Willow Capital Management. In addition to Options Trading For Dummies, he is the author of Trading Futures For Dummies and Market Timing For Dummies. Visit his website at joeduarteinthemoneyoptions.com