Get Rich with Options: Four Winning Strategies Straight from the Exchange Floor (Agora Series) - Hardcover

Lowell, Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470445890 ISBN 13: 9780470445891

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

A detailed guide to successfully trading stock and commodity options

After numerous years as an options market-maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange, few analysts know how to make money trading options like author Lee Lowell. Now, in the Second Edition of Get Rich with Options, Lowell returns to show you exactly what works and what doesn't.

Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, this reliable resource provides you with the knowledge and strategies needed to achieve optimal results within the options market. It quickly covers the basics before moving on to the four options trading strategies that have helped Lowell profit in this arena time and again: buying deep-in-the-money call options, selling naked put options, selling option credit spreads, and selling covered calls.

• Breaks down four of the best options trading strategies currently available
• Explains how to set up a home-based business with the best options trading software, tools, and Web sites
• Contains detailed discussions of how options can be used as a hedging or speculating instrument

With this book as your guide, you'll quickly see options in a whole new light and learn how to become part of a small group of investors who consistently win.

About this title

About the Author

LEE LOWELL is one of America’s leading options professionals and is the coeditor of Mt. Vernon Research’s Xcelerated Profits Report and Editor of Instant Money Trader and Triple-Zone Profit Trader. He has been an options trading professional for seventeen years and spent six years in the options trenches as a market-maker on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). After leaving the floor in 1998, Lowell started, and currently runs, his own home-based trading business―actively trading commodity options and futures, stocks, stock options, ETFs, and e-mini futures. He’s had numerous articles published in leading financial magazines, including Futures and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, as well as articles posted on options-related Web sites such as www.optioninvestor.com and www.esignal.com. Lowell is also the author of the first edition of Get Rich with Options (Wiley).

From the Back Cover

The best way to learn about options is by listening to someone who knows how the business works. After numerous years as an options market-maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), few analysts are more familiar with how to make money trading options than author Lee Lowell. Now, in the Second Edition of Get Rich with Options, Lowell returns to show you exactly what works and what doesn’t.

In order to survive and thrive in today’s financial markets, you must seriously consider the use of options in your investment endeavors. Options allow you to reap the same benefits as an outright stock or commodity trade, but with less risk and less money on the line. The truth is, you can achieve everything with options that you would with stocks or commodities―at less cost―while gaining a much higher percentage return on your invested dollars.

Updated to reflect today’s dynamic times, this reliable resource provides you with the knowledge and strategies needed to achieve optimal results within the options arena. It quickly covers the basics―from how options are priced to using volatility to your advantage―before moving on to the four options trading strategies that have helped Lowell capture profits time and again: buying deep-in-the-money call options, selling naked put options, selling option credit spreads, and selling covered calls.

While none of the strategies highlighted here have changed since the first edition―because they’re still as sound and successful as they’ve ever been―more examples of Lowell’s favorite strategies are included in this Second Edition. In addition to outlining his proven options trading strategies, Lowell also shows you how to set up your own home business with the best options trading software, tools, and Web sites.

Options can be an essential part of your portfolio, when used properly. The Second Edition of Get Rich with Options shows you exactly what it takes to make it in this field and will put you in a better position to profit from the power of options. With this book as your guide, you’ll quickly discover how―through safer speculation and hedging techniques―selling options can generate immediate income.

From the Inside Flap

The best way to learn about options is by listening to someone who knows how the business works. After numerous years as an options market-maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), few analysts are more familiar with how to make money trading options than author Lee Lowell. Now, in the Second Edition of Get Rich with Options, Lowell returns to show you exactly what works and what doesn't.

In order to survive and thrive in today's financial markets, you must seriously consider the use of options in your investment endeavors. Options allow you to reap the same benefits as an outright stock or commodity trade, but with less risk and less money on the line. The truth is, you can achieve everything with options that you would with stocks or commodities―at less cost―while gaining a much higher percentage return on your invested dollars.

Updated to reflect today's dynamic times, this reliable resource provides you with the knowledge and strategies needed to achieve optimal results within the options arena. It quickly covers the basics―from how options are priced to using volatility to your advantage―before moving on to the four options trading strategies that have helped Lowell capture profits time and again: buying deep-in-the-money call options, selling naked put options, selling option credit spreads, and selling covered calls.

While none of the strategies highlighted here have changed since the first edition―because they're still as sound and successful as they've ever been―more examples of Lowell's favorite strategies are included in this Second Edition. In addition to outlining his proven options trading strategies, Lowell also shows you how to set up your own home business with the best options trading software, tools, and Web sites.

Options can be an essential part of your portfolio, when used properly. The Second Edition of Get Rich with Options shows you exactly what it takes to make it in this field and will put you in a better position to profit from the power of options. With this book as your guide, you'll quickly discover how―through safer speculation and hedging techniques―selling options can generate immediate income.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470445890
• ISBN 13: 9780470445891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272