Credit Spreads Made Simple: A Defined-Risk Guide to Getting Paid Upfront — Bull Puts, Bear Calls, and the Income Trades the Pros Actually Use (The Defined-Risk Options Library) - Softcover

Book 1 of 5: The Defined-Risk Options Library

Mattson, Eric

9798184879222: Credit Spreads Made Simple: A Defined-Risk Guide to Getting Paid Upfront — Bull Puts, Bear Calls, and the Income Trades the Pros Actually Use (The Defined-Risk Options Library)

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ISBN 13: 9798184879222

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

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Get paid to put the odds on your side.

Most options books pick one of two extremes: dense textbooks full of math you'll never use, or hype-filled "secret system" pitches with nothing underneath. Credit Spreads Made Simple is built for the middle — the place where real traders actually live.

Credit spreads are the most popular defined-risk income trade in options, and for good reason: you get paid upfront, your maximum loss is known before you enter, and time decay works for you instead of against you. This book teaches you exactly how they work — and how to trade them without blowing up.

Inside you'll learn how to:

Build and place bull put and bear call spreads, step by step
Read implied volatility to find the best moments to sell premium
Pick strikes and width using probability, not guesswork
Calculate your true max profit, max loss, and breakeven every time
Size positions so a losing streak never sinks you
Manage, roll, and close trades using rules — not emotions

With plain-English explanations, payoff diagrams, real worked examples, and a one-page checklist you can use on your next trade, this is the credit-spread guide you'll actually finish — and actually use.

Book 1 of The Defined-Risk Options Library.

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