Put Option Strategies for Smarter Trading: How to Protect and Build Capital in Turbulent Markets - Hardcover

Thomsett, Michael C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 013701290X ISBN 13: 9780137012909

Publisher: Ft Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Use Puts to Mitigate Risk, Reverse and Offset Losses, and Protect Profits–Even in Plummeting Markets!

“In these financial times, this is an especially timely book. Michael C. Thomsett provides practical, direct instruction to investors on how to employ put options to enhance and protect their portfolios. A powerful guide for professionals and novices alike.”

–Virginia B. Gerhart, CFP, President, Gerhart Associates

“Michael C. Thomsett’s Put Option Strategies is a must read for all stock investors who want to protect profits and manage risk in volatile stock markets. This easy to read book explains the basic strategies and moves on to more sophisticated uses of put option strategies to hedge risk in bear markets. The use of leverage is clearly explained to provide the tools for conservative investors to increase their profitable trading. This book is an excellent resource for all stock investors and should be read by all investors who want to lock in profits and limit losses in volatile stock markets.”

–Esme Faerber, author of All About Stocks; All About Investing; All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs

“Michael C. Thomsett is an authority on options. In his latest work, he has skillfully clarified how to employ powerful techniques to protect portfolios and profit from uncertain times. This book is a must read.”

–Scott Kyle, CEO, Coastwise Capital Group, and author ofThe Power Curve: Smart Investing Using Dividends, Options, and the Magic of Compounding

About this title

About the Author

Michael C. Thomsett is a widely published author with over 70 published books. He is especially known for his options publishing. His books includeOptions Trading for the Conservative Investor and The Options Trading Body of Knowledge(FT Press), Winning with Options (Amacom Books), The LEAPS Strategist(Marketplace Books) and the best-selling Getting Started in Options (John Wiley & Sons) which has sold over 250,000 copies and was released in 2009 in its 8th edition.

Thomsett also writes on many stock market investment topics. HisInvestment and Securities Dictionary (hardcover McFarland & Company and paperback Prentice Hall) was named byChoice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. He also wroteThe Mathematics of Investing (John Wiley & Sons), The Stock Investor’s Pocket Calculator(Amacom) and Stock Profits (FT Press). The author lives near Nashville and writes fulltime. His Web site iswww.MichaelThomsett.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ft Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013701290X
• ISBN 13: 9780137012909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223