Profiting From Weekly Options - How to Earn Consistent Income Trading Weekly Option Serials

"Generate consistent income with a smart weekly options strategyProfiting From Weekly Options is a clear, practical guide to earning consistent income from trading options. Rather than confuse readers with complex math formulas, this book concentrates onthe process of consistently profiting from weekly option serials by utilizing a series of simple trades. Backed by the author's thirty years of experience as a professional option trader and market maker, these ideas and techniques allow active individual traders and investors to generate regular income while mitigating risk. Readers will learn the fundamental mechanisms that drive weekly options, the market forces that affect them, and the analysis techniques that help them manage trades.Weekly options are structured like conventional monthly options, but they expire each week. Interest has surged since their inception three years ago, and currently accounts for up to thirty percent of total option volume, traded on all major indices as well as high volume stocks and ETFs. This book is a guide to using weekly options efficiently and effectively as income-generating investments, with practical guidance and expert advice on strategy and implementation. Discover the cycles and market dynamics at work Learn essential fundamental and technical analysis techniques Understand the option trading lexicon and lifecycle Gain confidence in managing trades and mitigating risk Weekly options can be integrated with any existing options strategy, but they are particularly conducive to credit spread strategies and short-term trades based on technical patterns. For investors looking for an easy-in/easy-out method of generating consistent income, Profiting From Weekly Options provides the wisdom of experience with practical, actionable advice"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xiii
 
Todd ''Bubba'' Horwitz
 
Preface xv
 
Acknowledgments xvii
 
CHAPTER 1 Market Psychology: The Mind-Set of a Trader 1
 
The Herd Mentality: Bubbles 2
 
The South Sea Bubble 1711-1721: Trade, War, and Government Collusion 2
 
The Cotton Panic of 1837: Land, Commodities, and Government 4
 
The Panic of 1893: Railroads Have No Upper Limit 6
 
September 11, 2001: Price Can Never Go Up Again 7
 
The Commodity Bubble of 2008: Price Can Never Go Down Again 8
 
Bitcoin 2009 to Present: Crypto-Currency Meets Greed 10
 
Lessons to Be Learned 11
 
Chapter 1 Quiz 12
 
CHAPTER 2 ModernMarkets 15
 
Equity Markets 15
 
Liquidity 16
 
Flow of Funds 17
 
Futures Markets: Origins 18
 
Calculating Future Contract Values 18
 
Tick Size 19
 
Margin 20
 
Stock Index Futures 20
 
Index Futures versus Stock 21
 
Forex: Currencies 22
 
Options 22
 
Summary 23
 
Chapter 2 Quiz 23
 
CHAPTER 3 Technical versus Fundamental Price Analysis 27
 
Summary 29
 
Chapter 3 Quiz 29
 
CHAPTER 4 Phases of the Market 31
 
Congestion 31
 
Breakout to the Trend 33
 
Blowoff 35
 
Summary 37
 
Chapter 4 Quiz 37
 
CHAPTER 5 The Relationship of Time and Price 41
 
Summary 47
 
Chapter 5 Quiz 48
 
CHAPTER 6 Introduction to Options 51
 
Basic Option Glossary 51
 
Working Option Vocabulary 56
 
Summary 58
 
Chapter 6 Quiz 58
 
CHAPTER 7 The OptionModel 63
 
Games of Chance 63
 
Air in the Balloon 66
 
Summary 67
 
Chapter 7 Quiz 67
 
CHAPTER 8 The Option Chain 71
 
Summary 80
 
Chapter 8 Quiz 80
 
CHAPTER 9 Option Trading Strategies 83
 
Why Selling Naked Options Is Always Wrong! 83
 
Suitable Option Trades 85
 
The Credit Spread 91
 
Summary 99
 
Chapter 9 Quiz 100
 
CHAPTER 10 Why Trade Weekly Options? 105
 
Buying a Call or a Put Outright 110
 
Summary 112
 
Chapter 10 Quiz 113
 
CHAPTER 11 Midterm Review 115
 
Psychology 116
 
Liquidity 116
 
Market Pricing 116
 
Phases of the Market 117
 
Relationship of Time and Price 117
 
Option Vocabulary 117
 
Summary 118
 
Test for Chapters 1-10 119
 
CHAPTER 12 Standard Deviation--The Mathematics of the Price Cycle 127
 
Summary 131
 
Chapter 12 Quiz 131
 
CHAPTER 13 Trading in a Congestion Phase of theMarket 133
 
Trade One: Buying an Outright Option 136
 
Trade Two: Credit Spreads 139
 
Trade Three: Risk Reversals 143
 
Trade Four: Backspread (1 × 2 for Even) 146
 
Summary 150
 
Chapter 13 Quiz 151
 
CHAPTER 14 Trading in a Trending Phase of the Market 155
 
Trade One: Buying an Outright Option 156
 
Trade Two: Credit Spreads 160
 
Trade Three: Risk Reversals 163
 
Trade Four: Backspread (1 × 2 for Even) 165
 
Summary 167
 
Chapter 14 Quiz 168
 
CHAPTER 15 Trading in the Blowoff Phase of the Market 173
 
Trade One: Buying an Outright Option 175
 
Trade Two: Credit Spreads 177
 
Trade Three: Risk Reversals 180
 
Trade Four: Backspread (1 × 2 for Even) 182
 
Summary 183
 
Chapter 15 Quiz 183
 
CHAPTER 16 Selecting a Portfolio to Trade 187
 
Liquidity 188
 
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Über den Autor / die Autorin

ROBERT J. SEIFERT is an independent options trader with over 38 years in the securities industry. He has published articles in Barron's and the Wall Street Journal describing his unique and highly regarded trading model.

Zusammenfassung

Generate consistent income with a smart weekly options strategy Profiting From Weekly Options is a clear, practical guide to earning consistent income from trading options.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Seifert, Robert J Seifert, Robert J. Seifert, Seifert Robert J.
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 03.04.2015
• EAN: 9781118980583
• ISBN: 978-1-118-98058-3
• Seiten: 272
• Serien: Wiley Trading Series; Wiley Trading; Wiley Trading; Wiley Trading Series
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Betriebswirtschaft; Finanzwesen, trading, Börsenhandel, Optionsgeschäft, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen