The Options Trading Body of Knowledge
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 0137054912
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The Options Trading Body of Knowledge
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780137142934
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor millions of traders and investors, options have become an indispensable tool: not just for increasing profits but also for systematically controlling risk. Now bestselling author Thomsett covers everything from the core principles of options trading to the calculation of returns and taxes.
The Options Trading Body of Knowledge
Author: Thomsett
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9788131744321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOption Traders' Market Basic Terms Overview
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2010-01-12
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13: 0132466252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Element is an excerpt from The Options Trading Body of Knowledge (ISBN: 9780137142934) by Michael C. Thomsett. Available in print and digital formats. Understand the language of options--so you can start profiting from them! Options is a highly specialized, intricate, and often-misunderstood market. The reputation of options as high risk is only partially deserved. In fact, you can find option products to suit any investment profile, from very high risk to very conservative. You can buy and sell options on stocks, futures, indexes, and even ETFs. All listed options include standardized terms. These are....
Options Trading for the Institutional Investor
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0133811662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo protect portfolios in today's volatile and uncertain market environment, institutional investors need to hedge losses, create extra sources of income, and reduce risk. In his extensively updated and expanded Options Trading for the Institutional Investor, Third Edition, renowned options expert Michael C. Thomsett shows how to do all this effectively. One step at a time, Thomsett helps institutional investors exploit powerful, carefully chosen options strategies that can dramatically increase overall returns as you manage risks within your institution's limits. Thomsett discusses covered call writing on carefully selected stocks, contingent purchase strategies, and powerful "combination" strategies that produce cash to bolster current income. He guides professional investors through every strategy, using actual examples, portfolios, and graphs taken directly from today's markets. Wherever applicable, he addresses specific forms of risk and volatility that only institutional investors face. This thoroughly updated Third Edition includes a chart-based analytical method that relies on reversal signals in the underlying as an alternative to volatility analysis. Thomsett presents new chapters on two powerful strategies he has developed and utilized to optimize returns while minimizing risk: the 1-2-3 Iron Butterfly, and the Dividend Collar. This edition also adds detailed new coverage of risk evaluation.
Guidelines for Options and Stock Selection
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2010-01-12
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13: 0132466643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Element is an excerpt from The Options Trading Body of Knowledge (ISBN: 9780137142934) by Michael C. Thomsett. Available in print and digital formats. Why options traders need to analyze stocks--and how to do it effectively. Options traders will benefit by spending time analyzing stocks, notably for any strategies that combine options positions with stock holdings. Choosing options based on appropriate risk levels and stocks makes more sense than selecting stocks to maximize option returns. In other words, any position combining option and stock positions should be based on appropriate stocks held as long-term investments....
Systematic Options Trading
Author: Vadim Tsudikman
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2010-08-11
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0131388339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSophisticated options traders need systematic, reliable approaches for identifying the best option combinations, underlying assets, and strategies. This book makes these approaches available for the first time. Leading-edge traders and researchers Sergey Izraylevich and Vadim Tsudikman treat the option market as a whole: an unlimited set of trading variants composed of all option combinations that can be constructed at any specific time moment (using all possible strategies and underlying assets). They introduce a system that permits thorough analysis and comparison of many option combinations in terms of both expected profitability and potential risk. For the first time, they formalize and classify more than a dozen criteria intended to select preferable trading alternatives from a vast quantity of potential opportunities, and show how to apply multiple valuation criteria concurrently to select the best possible trades. By applying these principles consistently, traders can systematically identify subtle price distortions using proven statistical parameters. They can gain a clear and consistent advantage over competing traders, transforming option trading into a continuous process of profit generation with tightly controllable parameters of risk and profitability.
Option Strategies
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2010-01-15
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 0132466597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Element is an excerpt from The Options Trading Body of Knowledge (ISBN: 9780137142934) by Michael C. Thomsett. Available in print and digital formats. Bullish, bearish, and neutral options strategies: what they are and when to use each of them. Many options strategies can be employed to control risk, enhance profits, or to create combinations between stock and options or between related option contracts. Bullish strategies profit if the underlying stock price rises; bearish strategies profit when it falls. Neutral strategies do best when the stock’s price remains within a narrow range. Strategies can also be organized into these broad classifications....
Option Strategies for Earnings Announcements
Author: Ping Zhou
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2012-10-15
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0132947404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy trading on corporate earnings, investors can reliably profit in both up and down markets, while avoiding market risk for nearly the entire quarter. In this book, two leading traders and portfolio managers present specific, actionable techniques anyone can use to capture these sizable profits. Ping Zhou and John Shon have performed an unprecedented empirical analysis of thousands of stocks, reviewing tens of millions of data points associated with option prices, earnings announcement returns, and fundamentals. Their massive analysis has identified consistent opportunities associated with focusing on the magnitude of the market’s reaction to earnings, not its direction. Option Trading Set-Ups for Corporate Earnings News offers concrete guidance for improving the likelihood of making correct forecasts, and managing the risks of incorrect forecasts. It introduces several ways to exploit option trading opportunities around earnings news, discuss crucial issues that most retail investors haven’t considered, and explore aspects of earnings-related option trading that have never been empirically examined and documented before. For example, they identify hidden patterns and potential opportunities based on valuation, industry, volatility, analyst forecasts, seasonality, and trades that immediately follow earnings announcements. Simply put, trading on earnings reports offers immense profit opportunities, if you know how. This book provides incontrovertible facts and detailed strategies, not just theories and anecdotes!
Options Trading for the Institutional Investor
Author: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2014-03-18
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0133811697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo protect portfolios in today's volatile and uncertain market environment, institutional investors need to hedge losses, create extra sources of income, and reduce risk. In his extensively updated and expanded Options Trading for the Institutional Investor, Third Edition, renowned options expert Michael C. Thomsett shows how to do all this effectively. One step at a time, Thomsett helps institutional investors exploit powerful, carefully chosen options strategies that can dramatically increase overall returns as you manage risks within your institution's limits. Thomsett discusses covered call writing on carefully selected stocks, contingent purchase strategies, and powerful "combination" strategies that produce cash to bolster current income. He guides professional investors through every strategy, using actual examples, portfolios, and graphs taken directly from today's markets. Wherever applicable, he addresses specific forms of risk and volatility that only institutional investors face. This thoroughly updated Third Edition includes a chart-based analytical method that relies on reversal signals in the underlying as an alternative to volatility analysis. Thomsett presents new chapters on two powerful strategies he has developed and utilized to optimize returns while minimizing risk: the 1-2-3 Iron Butterfly, and the Dividend Collar. This edition also adds detailed new coverage of risk evaluation.
