Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131871358 ISBN 13: 9780131871359

Publisher: FT Press, 2005

In Options Made Easy, Second Edition, Guy Cohen clearly explains everything you need to know about options in plain English so that you can start trading fast and make consistent profits in any market, bull or bear!

Simply and clearly, the author reveals secrets of options trading that were formerly limited to elite professionals–and exposes the dangerous myths that keep investors from profiting.

As you set out on your options journey, you'll learn interactively through real-life examples, anecdotes, case studies, and pictures. Guy Cohen is your friendly expert guide, helping you pick the right stocks, learn the right strategies, create the trading plans that work, and master the psychology of the winning trader.

• Master all the essentials–and put them to work

  Options demystified so that you can get past the fear and start profiting!

• Learn the safest ways to trade options

  Identify high-probability trades that lead to consistent profits

• Design a winning Trading Plan–and stick to it

  Understand your risk profile and discover exactly when to enter and exit your trades

• Choose the right stocks for maximum profit

  Screen for your best opportunities–stocks that are moving–or are about to move

• Discover the optimum strategies for you

  Match your trading strategies to your personal investment goals

• No bull! The realities and myths of the markets

  What you must know about fundamental and technical analysis

From the Back Cover:

When you read this book, you'll be pleasantly surprised how quickly you'll start to understand this fascinating trading approach. In Options Made Easy, Guy Cohen simplifies options by using charts and diagrams all the way through, guiding you on an interactive journey. This helps you to build your confidence because it's practical, easy to understand, and easy to follow. Using plain English, dynamic pictures, and real-life examples throughout, Options Made Easy demystifies the world of options and, whatever your current knowledge level, you will be amazed at how quickly you're learning:

• Options fundamentals on a realistic and practical level, right through to advanced strategies.
• The facts and myths of Technical and Fundamental Analysis and how to match the context with the right strategy.
• How to filter for moving stocks.
• How to select your optimum strategy.
• How to design your own Trading Plan for high probability trades and consistent profits.
• The secrets of trading psychology, how to increase your confidence and eliminate the gambling mentality from your investing and trading decisions.

As you're reading this book, you'll discover that you're learning with a user-friendly interactive guide that you can reference time and time again. Keep Options Made Easy with you as your essential companion for both stocks and options trading.

"The best book on options I have ever come across."

—Alpesh B. Patel (bestselling author of Trading Online and Mind of a Trader)

"Incredibly well presented - actually makes you want to learn about options if you are a novice, and for the expert teaches you huge amounts you never knew. The diagrams, charts and illustrations are exactly what is needed for a potentially complex subject and turns it exactly into what it says on the cover - Options Made Easy. Very thorough, very accessible."

"Guy's approach in using well illustrated diagrams is the most effective way to understand the concepts and intricacies of options trading. This book will guide you through the popular strategies adopted by traders at all levels. Options Made Easy is definitely a valuable addition to any trader's library. It's one of the best investments I have ever made."

—J Pau, Australia

About the Author:

Guy Cohen is the author of the best-selling trading books: Options Made Easy and The Bible of Options Strategies.  He has extensive experience in the options and stock markets and his clients include NYSE Euronext, the largest stock exchange in the world. Guy is also the creator of trading products Flag-Trader, OptionEasy, and Illuminati-Trader.  Specializing in trading applications Guy has developed comprehensive trading and training models, all expressly designed for maximum user-friendliness. An entertaining speaker, Guy has an MBA (Finance) from City University Cass Business School, London.

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