Study Guide for Options as a Strategic Investment
Study Guide for Options as a Strategic Investment provides investors and traders with new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. Author Lawrence McMillan, a professional trader and bestselling author, gives you the latest market-rested tools to maximize the earnings potential of your portfolio while reducing downside risk. With tips and instructions for you to maximize your understanding of options, it also includes all the latest options trading vehicles and proven techniques for investing in many of the innovative new options products available. Study Guide for Options as a Strategic Investment is your comprehensive reference that teaches you the concepts and applications of various option strategies.
In this book you will find:
- A complete and in-depth discussion of the newest class of listed volatility derivatives, both futures and options.
- Portfolio protection techniques explained in depth, using broad-based index put options or the more modern approach—volatility call options.
- New and updated examples and tables, using the current option symbology, lower commission rates, decimalization of prices, portfolio margin, and weekly options.
- Updated strategy techniques using synthetic straddles, iron condor spreads, backspreads, put ratio spreads, and dual calendar spreads.
Table of Contents
Lesson 1 Definitions
Lesson 2 Covered Call Writing
Lesson 3 Call Buying
Lesson 4 Other Call Buying Strategies
Lesson 5 Naked Call Writing
Lesson 6 Ratio Call Writing
Lesson 7 Bull Spreads Using Call Options
Lesson 8 Bear Spreads Using Call Options
Lesson 9 Calendar Spreads
Lesson 10 The Butterfly Spread
Lesson 11 Ratio Call Spreads
Lesson 12 Combining Calendar and Ratio Spreads
Lesson 13 Reverse Spreads
Lesson 14 Diagonalizing a Spread
Lesson 15 Put Option Basics
Lesson 16 Put Option Buying
Lesson 17 Put Buying in Conjunction with Common Stock Ownership
Lesson 18 Buying Puts in Conjunction with Call Purchases
Lesson 19 The Sale of a Put
Lesson 20 The Sale of a Straddle
Lesson 21 Synthetic Stock Positions Created by Puts and Calls
Lesson 22 Basic Put Spreads
Lesson 23 Spreads Combining Calls and Puts
Lesson 24 Ratio Spreads Using Puts
Lesson 25 Long-Term Option Strategies