Options Trading the Hard Way

Options Trading the Hard Way is a comprehensive guide that explains and teaches, through examples and in-depth descriptions, option trading as it is experienced in real life. The book seeks to impart on readers the knowledge usually only gained after years of active option trading in the trenches. Topics covered in the book include understanding liquidity, determining (reality based) Risk/Reward, estimating price targets (using options), Closed and Open structures, setting Profit and Loss Targets and developing P&L Plans, using Delta to gauge probability, time stops, gap moves, the importance of discipline and much more. Options Trading the Hard Way also presents a comprehensive, beginning-to-end option trading process including identifying set-ups, selecting and pricing structures, planning trades from both a risk and profit management perspective, trading into positions without getting ripped off, managing open positions, evaluating potential tactical and strategic adjustments, exiting positions and properly managing expiration issues such as assignments and exercises. Also included in the book:• Comprehensive overview of option fundamentals from a trader’s perspective• Over 25 core option trading strategies• Over 20 tactical and strategic adjustment techniques• Three comprehensive trade examples covering the topics discussed in the book (also published under the title Option Trading Kung Fu)