The Options Course: High Profit & Low Stress Trading Methods - Hardcover

Fontanills, George A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471249505 ISBN 13: 9780471249504

Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

A complete options course from the renowned trading instructor.

Options trading continues to capture the mind of the sophisticated individual investor. This book presents a full options trading course by a well-known options trading instructor. The Options Course progresses from introductory concepts through to more sophisticated strategies for the intermediate-level trader. Learn how to trade futures and stocks with call and put options, and much more. Case studies and real-life examples are included.

George Fontanills (Boston, MA) is President of the Global Investment Management Corporation. His seminar series, Optionetics, has been one of the most popular seminars on the market.

About this title

From the Publisher

This book presents a full options trading course--Trading 101--by a well-known options trading instructor. George Fontanills, who conducts seminars around the country has put all of his invaluable information and advice into an all-inclusive course that proceeds from introductory concepts to the more sophisticated strategies for the intermediate-level trader.

From the Inside Flap

The Options Course offers, for the first time in book form, a complete options trading course based on George Fontanills's popular seminar series, Optionetics: The Science of High Profit and Low Stress Trading. Using a systematic, step-by-step approach, this remarkable text equips you with all the tools-from basic concepts to sophisticated techniques-necessary for successful trading in the world of options. Although many investors in recent years have been bitten by the options bug, many lose money because they either don't understand the fundamentals of the options market, lack a strategic plan, or fail to manage risk effectively. Drawing on his years of experience as both a successful options trader and an acclaimed instructor of traders, Fontanills has designed his course to help you avoid these common, costly, and unnecessary mistakes. With clarity, conciseness, and depth of coverage available nowhere else, The Options Course:
* Offers a thorough grounding in the concepts, methods, and strategies of options trading
* Defines the key elements of a good investment and describes ways to find explosive investment opportunities
* Shows you how to manage risk effectively-an important component of a winning approach to trading the markets profitably
* Explains how to apply Delta Neutral Trading, a powerful technique for finding optimal trades that produces high returns in a short period of time
* Provides detailed instructions on placing orders and trading futures and stocks with call and put options-all illustrated by numerous real-world examples and case studies
In addition, The Options Course is fully supported by a wealth of supplementary materials that speed and enhance the learning process. Included are fifteen appendices that serve as valuable resources, such as lists of trading media sources, options value and margin requirement charts, an option strategy quick-reference guide, strike price and expiration month codes, and much more. Fontanills's course is further supplemented by The Options Course Workbook, a study guide of practical exercises to test your knowledge. Designed for investors at all levels of experience, The Options Course opens the door to the numerous opportunities offered by this exciting form of investing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471249505
• ISBN 13: 9780471249504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320