Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Investments & Securities - Options

Advanced Option Pricing Models details specific conditions under which current option pricing models fail to provide accurate price estimates and then shows option traders how to construct improved models for better pricing in a wider range of market conditions. Model-building steps cover options pricing under conditional or marginal distributions, using polynomial approximations and curve fitting, and compensating for mean reversion. The authors also develop effective prototype models that can be put to immediate use, with real-time examples of the models in action.

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...

A straightforward guide to generating consistent income by selling call options on selected stocks

The Stock Option Income Generator outlines a low-stress approach to making predictable profits no matter what the state of the overall market. Harvey Friedentag, a registered investment advisor who has been successfully using this strategy for more than thirty-six years, shows how to pick stocks and then sell call options against those stocks to generate a constant source of income. With this book, you'll quickly learn to

• Make consistent profits in the stock...

Options: An Introduction is a completely revised edition which not only provides the same comprehensive introduction as the first edition, but also includes expanded treatment of option strategies, complete treatment of option sensitivities (DELTA, etc.) thorough treatment of European and American options in two separate chapters, and expanded treatment of options on futures, foreign currency options, and options on stock indexes. As with the first edition, the text comes with OPTION software.

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OPTION Strategies

Find out how options really work with this complete introduction to options valuation and trading. In this revised and expanded edition, top options expert Courtney Smith details the ins and outs of this lucrative, yet complex, financial instrument. From the working fundamentals to the most innovative pricing models, Option Strategies gives you the information you need to make a wise and successful investment. Whether you want to bull up or bear down, buy puts or sell calls, here's where you'll find:

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OPTION Strategies

Find out how options really work with this complete introduct...

Strategies, tools, and solutions for minimizing risk and volatility in option trading

An intermediate level trading book, The Option Trader Handbook, Second Edition provides serious traders with strategies for managing and adjusting their market positions. This Second Edition features new material on implied volatility; Delta and Theta, and how these measures can be used to make better trading decisions. The book presents the art of making trade adjustments in a logical sequence, starting with long and short stock positions; moving on to basic put and call positions;...

An A to Z options trading guide for the new millennium and the new economy

Written by professional trader and quantitative analyst Euan Sinclair, Option Trading is a comprehensive guide to this discipline covering everything from historical background, contract types, and market structure to volatility measurement, forecasting, and hedging techniques.

This comprehensive guide presents the detail and practical information that professional option traders need, whether they're using options to hedge, manage money, arbitrage, or engage in structured finance deals....

Small cap biotech companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars and over ten years moving experimental drug candidates from concept to fully approved drugs. For late stage drug candidates, those in Phase III, positive or negative data can result in either massive gains or devastating declines in the sponsoring company's stock price. This "ultimate catalyst event" provides smart, organized & nimble option traders spectacular & consistent trading opportunities. In this unique book, the author provides individuals unfamiliar with the world of small cap biotech a fast, simplified and efficient...

A straightforward guide to successfully trading options

Options provide traders and investors with a wide range of strategies to lock in profits, reduce risk, generate income, or speculate on market direction. However, they are complex instruments and can be difficult to master if misunderstood.

No-Hype Options Trading offers the straight truth on how to trade the options market. In it, author Kerry Given provides realistic strategies to consistently generate income every month, while debunking many myths about options trading that tend to lead retail traders astray....

Nicolas Darvas was a world famous dancer and a self taught investor. He had never considered investing in the stock market until he was paid in stock for a performance. That stock shot up in value and he realize that there was a great deal of money to be made investing in stocks. Over the next few years he read widely about stocks and spent every free moment studying the market. In a very short amount of time he learned when to buy, when not to buy, and when to sell. This book spells out exactly how Nicolas Darvas made more than two million dollars in the stock market. A must read for anyone...

2011 reprint of 1960 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Hungarian by birth, Nicolas Darvas trained as an economist at the University of Budapest. Reluctant to remain in Hungary until either the Nazis or the Soviets took over, he fled at the age of 23 with a forged exit visa and fifty pounds sterling to stave off hunger in Istanbul, Turkey. During his off hours as a dancer, he read some 200 books on the market and the great speculators, spending as much as eight hours a day studying.Darvas ploughed his money into a couple of...

The sixth book in the Wrightbooks Made Simple series, Options Made Simple is an uncomplicated guide to trading options for beginners. This book outlines some simple, easy to understand strategies anyone can use to start trading options. The book will be a succinct paperback with lower price point, and provide the perfect first step into trading options.

An option is a binding contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specific price on or before a certain date ]C it has strictly defined terms and properties.

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A stock index is a compilation of many stocks such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the Standard & Poor's 500. These broader indexes can be very profitable to trade. However, individual investors and smaller traders have traditionally been left out of these markets due to the expense of just one contract. In 1997, the exchanges, recognizing that a market existed for a smaller version of these indexes, created the E-mini S&P 500 and the DJ1A enabling smaller traders to trade futures and options on the most popular broad markets. The book presents reasonable trading strategies, tailored...

This collection of articles draws from work on derivatives from the last 25 years. The three volumes cover topics including: the theory, pricing and empirical evidence evidence on equity derivatives; fixed-income derivatives; exotics; real options; numerical methods; and risk management. The historical perspective offered by the book aims to offer fresh insight into derivatives.

The book addresses weaknesses with common methods of volatility investing, and shows how to avoid draw-backs associated with popular volatility products. You can get your portfolio protection for free or at a profit in normal markets, and have powerful volatility protection for your portfolio when you need it Main uses for volatility in asset management include diversification, beta-replacement, timing, allocation input and alpha generation. Johan Wattenstrom describes different strategies for holding volatility positions or strategies over time, in order to create an efficient...

This book will explain: How options work; How they are traded; important factors that affect option price; option strategies and how to choose them; the role of stock options in portfolio management

Options expert Kevin J Martinez has written a powerful book detailing how a seldom-used strategy can produce big profits with very little risk. The Book on Put Option Writing clearly details the time-tested trading techniques that make money and the pitfalls to avoid losing it. With easy-to-understand examples, a glossary of terms, and quizzes throughout, The Book on Put Option Writing is the essential book on the subject. Every trader who is serious about enhancing their returns should make room for this modern financial classic.

This book will explain: How options work; How they are traded; important factors that affect option price; option strategies and how to choose them; the role of stock options in portfolio management

Currency Options for the retail trader explores the concept of delta neutral trading. Hedging techniques and inverse trading are explained using visual aids and examples. This book illustrates how and why options work.