Options Trading: QuickStart Guide - The Simplified Beginner’s Guide To Options Trading

138 Pages·2016·4.06 MB·English

by  Clydebank Finance

OPTIONS TRADING
The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to
Options Trading
Second Edition
Contents
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INTRODUCTION
| 1 | OPTION BASICS
What are Options?
What are Stocks?
Options in the Stock Market
The Broker
The Market Maker
The Options Clearing Corporation
Options Industry Council
Why Were Options Such a Hit?
Options vs. Stocks
| 2 | TRADING FUNDAMENTALS
Calls and Puts—What’s in a Name?
Buying a Call Option on Exxon
Selling a Call Option on Disney™
Buying a Put Option on General Electric™
Selling a Put Option on McDonalds™
| 3 | A SOUND STRATEGY FOR A BEGINNER
Selling the Covered Call
Dumping DuPont
In the Money (ITM) or Out of the Money (OTM)
Disclaimer
Avoid these Beginner Mistakes
Practice Makes Perfect
| 4 | KEY INFLUENCERS ON OPTIONS PRICES
Why You Should Care About How Options Are Priced
The Moneyness Factor
Time Value & Time Decay
Volatility
Interest Rates & Dividends
| 5 | WIN AT OPTIONS BY SPEAKING GREEK
Delta
Gamma
Theta
Vega
Rho
| 6 | POPULAR OPTIONS STRATEGIES
Straddling a Stock Using Options
The Strangle
A Bull (or Bear) Spread
Rolling Positions
CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY
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Terms displayed in bold italic can be found defined in the glossary
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Introduction