The Options Workbook: Fundamental Spread Concepts and Strategies for Investors and Traders, 3rd Edition - Softcover

Saliba, Anthony J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1419521071 ISBN 13: 9781419521072

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

As serious and sophisticated investors know, options are a viable and increasingly popular way to enhance their portfolios. Yet even the most savvy investors need instruction.

Now in its third edition, The Options Workbook has been updated and reformatted in a larger, more convenient, and user-friendly design. Three all-new chapters explain key trading concepts-volatility, the collar, and the covered call-and show how these can be applied to mitigate risk and increase profits. What’s more, this fresh edition incorporates additional interactive content-exercises, hands-on tools, and lessons that complement the in-depth curriculum on ITI’s Web site, www.itichicago.com.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"ITI is the reason for our success. We would never let anybody trade for us without the ITI education."

—Patrick Enblad Executive Director, Head of Trading Hagstromer & Gviberg Fondkommission AB Stockhold, Sweden

As serious and savvy investors know, options are a viable, and increasingly popular way to enhance their portfolios. Written by the founder and staff of one of the world’s most prestigious options training firms, The Options Workbook is designed to show you how to incorporate the use of options to enhance your investment returns and diversify your portfolio. This practical, hands-on workbook will also teach you how to view the market from a different perspective and capitalize on opportunities presented to you.

Some of the topics covered in The Options Workbook include:

* An introduction to the basic building blocks of options * How to construct popular options strategies, including verticals, straddles, strangles, ratio spreads, back spreads, butterflies, condor, iron butterflies, and more * Risk management techniques * An exploration of synthetic relationships * A look at trading software used by the pros: an introduction to state-of-the-art risk and position management tools available today

Based on ITI’s popular course, Options for the Professional, this book will be your personal tutor on the basics of options trading, specific trading tactics, and hands-on tools that you can implement to profit in the emerging electronic marketplace. In addition to using the tools provided in the workbook, you can log onto ITI’s Web site [online], where you’ll find more exercises, including further reading, drills, simulations, and links to other options sites to increase your options expertise even more. And to test your comprehension of the strategies presented, you’ll have the opportunity to complete a final examination, which you can submit to the experts at ITI for grading and a profile of your options knowledge.

About the Author:

Anthony J. Saliba is the founder of ITI, an organization that has trained nearly -5,000 students from more than 30 countries.  He is recognized as a pioneer and leader in the Chicago derivatives markets, is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and is often tapped for expert commentary by the financial media.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1419521071
• ISBN 13: 9781419521072
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 272