Many conservative income generation trading strategies depend on the time decay inherent in options pricing. When I establish an iron condor well OTM (out of the money), I am selling option spreads and expecting those spreads to slowly lose value as the underlying stock or index trades within a channel. Other traders may use butterfly [...]
This is a book about specific strategies in stock options investment trading.
About the Author
Don Shapray is CEO and the stock picking and Options strategic chief guru of Ascent Option Spreads, one of the world’s most innovative stock market research and analysis publishing firms. A former Nation Options Manager with Charles [...]
Review
“Gunter Meissner has pulled off the nearly impossible in this very valuable book on credit risk and credit derivatives. The book has something practical and useful for everyone from serious students of finance to very senior management and experienced credit modelers.”Donald R. van Deventer, Chairman and CEO, [...]
Credit derivaties are the hottest topic in institutional investing today. These innovative products are widely used throughout the financial world, with estimates of as much as $100 billion traded by 2000. Implementing Credit Derivatives goes beyond the basics of what credit derivatives are and tackles the reality of implementing them into a derivatives [...]
Credit Derivatives explains the major types of credit derivatives and their unique features, illustrating how they work in the real world through numerous examples. You will learn the key skill of pricing credit derivatives and the factors that must be taken [...]
Beginning options traders often make costly mistakes due to either a lack of knowledge or misinformation about the basic parameters of options and their exercise. Examples of common errors include being surprised that one is unable to close an index option position on the Friday before expiration, or being surprised by an unhedged option exercise [...]
Placing iron condor spreads on the broad market indexes is a relatively conservative, non-directional trading strategy that may be used for consistent income generation. This strategy profits as long as the index trades within the channel formed by the two spread positions. It is best used during sideways or slowly trending markets.Condor SpreadsA condor spread [...]
One will commonly hear or read the following “rule of thumb” for options spread trading:When implied volatility is high, sell credit spreads and when implied volatility is low, buy debit spreads.Unfortunately, this is simply not true. The credit spread and its corresponding debit spread at the same strike prices will always have virtually identical returns [...]
Is options trading risky? This is one of the most popular questions that options trading beginners ask. In fact, my clients ask me this same question all the time. I would then ask them “What do you mean by risky?”. The usual answer would be “Can I lose a lot of money in options trading?”.
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Minimize risk and maximize your return with option spreads Option spread trading is by far the most varied and versatile strategy for income generation, hedging, and speculation. To achieve longevity in the trading arena, you must understand how these spreads work and the ways to leverage [...]