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Informationen zum Autor JJ Kinahan is Chief Strategist and Managing Director for TD Ameritrade. A thirty-year trading veteran and a Forbes contributor, he began his career as a Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) market maker trading in the S&P 100 (OEX) and S&P 500 (SPX) pits. After leaving the floor, he joined thinkorswim, later purchased by TD Ameritrade, where he led initiatives on trading tools and education for retail clients. Klappentext Learn the ins-and-outs of options trading with clear, practical guidanceEssential Option Strategies is an introductory guide to options trading, designed to help new options traders better understand the market and the potential opportunities that exist. This book is designed to bring you up to speed with current practices and help you implement your own option trading strategies. You'll create a plan, track indicators, and understand underlying instruments, then apply that central investing knowledge directly to the options market. The discussion on pricing determinants and probabilities uses an intuitive approach to complex calculations, providing clear examples with no advanced math required, and extensive explanation of spreads, butterflies, and condors brings advanced strategies down to earth. Easy-reference appendices clarify the Greek terms and technical analysis charts, while focused discussion and expert insight throughout provide a highly informative crash course on options trading.Options trading has undergone a rapid evolution beyond stocks and commodities into asset classes including fixed-income, precious metals, energy, and more. This book helps you build a solid foundation in the fundamentals, giving you a knowledge base that applies no matter how the instruments change. This book is designed to help you:* Understand the options market inside and out* Avoid common mistakes* Learn some basic positions, and trades* Read charts and interpret probabilitiesOnce the domain of the elites, the options market has been thrown wide open thanks to real-time price quotes, through brokerages, and the free flow of information online. The process of buying and selling options contracts is faster and more efficient than ever, and Wall Street is facing stiff competition from independent analysts and financial websites. As much as the market has changed, the fundamentals are the same--and Essential Option Strategies aims to provide expert guidance throughout the learning process. Zusammenfassung Learn the ins-and-outs of options trading with clear, practical guidance Essential Option Strategies is an introductory guide to options trading, designed to help new options traders better understand the market and the potential opportunities that exist. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix About the Author xxi Part I Getting Started in Investing 1 Chapter 1 The Opening Bell 3 Probabilities 4 Getting Started 5 Research 6 Data 9 Charts 11 Commissions and Fees 13 Virtual Trading Platforms 14 Summary 15 References 15 Chapter 2 First Days of Trading 17 Brief History of Stock Market Averages 17 Key Market Indexes Today 19 The Volatility Index 21 Futures 22 The Bond Market 25 Fed Watch 26 Economic Indicators 27 Earnings 28 Find Your Niche 29 Summary 29 References 30 Chapter 3 Know the Underlying 31 Where Do Options Trade? 32 Stock Talk 34 Exchange-Traded Funds 38 Short Selling 40 On the Margin 41 Summary 41 References 42 Chapter 4 Avoiding Mistakes 43 Position Size 44 Volume and Liquidity 44 Order Entry Techniques 46 Understand Risk 48 Summary 51 References 51 Part II The O...
