Bible of Options Strategies, The

Bible of Options Strategies, The

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For the first time: the world’s 60 best options trading strategies, all in one expert reference!

  • The practical, easy-to-use trading reference for every options trader.
  • Why each strategy works, when it’s appropriate, and how to use it — step by step!
  • By Guy Cohen, creator of the Optionseasy system that’s helped thousands of traders achieve breakthrough results!

 

For undergraduate and graduate level Investments courses, Options courses, and Professional Financial Planning courses.

 

For the first time, Guy Cohen compiles the 60 best options trading strategies in one easy-to-read guide.  It includes a step-by-step explanation of why each strategy works, when it’s appropriate, and how to use it.  This is practical and informative, making options strategies easy.

Guy Cohen is the author of the best-selling trading books: Options Made Easy and The Bible of Options Strategies. He has extensive experience in the options and stock markets and his clients include NYSE Euronext, the largest stock exchange in the world. Guy is also the creator of trading products Flag-Trader, OptionEasy, and Illuminati-Trader. Specializing in trading applications Guy has developed comprehensive trading and training models, all expressly designed for maximum user-friendliness. An entertaining speaker, Guy has an MBA (Finance) from City University Cass Business School, London.

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“Guy Cohen is the master when it comes to taming the complexities of options. From buying calls and puts to iron butterflies and condors, Guy explains these strategies in a clear and concise manner that options traders of any level can understand. His chapter on options and taxes is especially welcomed (and needed). The Bible of Options Strategies is a straightforward, easy-to-use reference work that should occupy a space on any options trader’s bookshelf.”
–Bernie Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO, Schaeffer’s Investment Research, Inc. “The author delivers clarity, insight and perception making learning about options a joy, and practicing the art of making money that much easier: truly a bible from a guru.”
–Alpesh B. Patel, Author and Financial Times Columnist “Guy Cohen truly makes learning about options easy in this fact-filled guide. Bullet points make for a quick and enlightened read, getting to the heart of what you really need to know about each options strategy. This book is a must for any serious trader’s library.”
–Price Headley, Founder, BigTrends.com Pick the right options strategies…implement them step-by-step…maximize your profits! Introducing today’s first and only comprehensive reference to contemporary options trading! OptionEasy creator Guy Cohen identifies today’s popular strategies…and tells you exactly how and when to use each one and what hazards to look out for! It’s all here….

  • Basic Strategies including Buying and shorting shares, calls, and puts.
  • Income Strategies including Covered Call, Naked Put, Bull Put Spread, Bear Call Spread, Long Iron Butterfly, Long Iron Condor, Calendar Call, Diagonal Call…
  • Vertical Spreads including Bull Call Spread, Bull Put Spread, Bear Call Spread, Bear Put Spread, Ladders…
  • Volatility Strategies including Straddle, Strangle, Guts, Short Butterflies, Short Condors…
  • Sideways Strategies including Short Straddle, Short Strangle, Short Guts, Long Butterflies, Long Condors…
  • Leveraged Strategies including Call Ratio Backspread, Put Ratio Backspread, Ratio Spreads…
  • Synthetic Strategies including Collar, Synthetic Call, Synthetic Put, Synthetic Straddles, Synthetic Futures, Combos, Box Spread…

…and many more strategies… Plus essential tax-saving information, and more!

  • No other book presents this much authoritative, current information on options trading strategies
  • Covers all of today’s best income, volatility, leveraged, synthetic, and sideways market strategies
  • Discover why each strategy works, when it’s appropriate, and how to use it—step by step
  • Includes a full chapter on tax issues associated with options strategies
  • By Guy Cohen, whose OptionEasy application has helped thousands of traders achieve breakthrough results!

The Bible of Options Strategies is the definitive reference to contemporary options trading: the one book you need by your side whenever you trade. Options expert Guy Cohen systematically presents today’s most effective strategies for trading options: how and why they work, when they’re appropriate, when they’re inappropriate, and how to use each one responsibly and with confidence. The only reference of its kind, this book will help you identify and implement the optimal strategy for every opportunity, trading environment, and goal.
© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

For the first time, Guy Cohen compiles the 60 best options trading strategies in one easy-to-read guide.  It includes a step-by-step explanation of why each strategy works, when it’s appropriate, and how to use it.  This is practical and informative, making options strategies easy.

 

 Q:  “What areas of options strategies are most important?”

Top five- Cohen systematically covers all five key areas of options strategy: income strategies, volatility strategies, sideways market strategies, leveraged strategies, and synthetic strategies. Each of the 60 strategies outlined in this text fall into one of these important categories, and Cohen explains how and why they are important.

 

 Q:  “What would make options strategies easier for your students to understand?”

Practical- It’s practical from start to finish: modular, easy to navigate, and thoroughly cross-referenced.  Cohen writes in plain English, and allows for users to search strategies easily.  Descriptions are practical and clear.

 

  Q:  “How do you demonstrate implementation of these strategies?”

Implementation- The only comprehensive reference of its kind, this book helps identify and shows how to implement the optimal strategy for every opportunity, trading environment, and goal.   These 60 strategies can be applied to almost all options decisions, but is focused on specific and useful strategies for trading options.  Plus, Cohen’s unsurpassed experience in trading options provides examples and helpful hints.

 

 Q:  “What can provide your students with valuable information for jobs in options strategy?”  Even the most complex techniques are explained with unsurpassed clarity — making them accessible to any trader with even modest options experience.  This text presents a helpful tool for beginner traders, especially as they work through common trading practices.

” Guy Cohen is the master when it comes to taming the complexities of options. From buying calls and puts to iron butterflies and condors, Guy explains these strategies in a clear and concise manner that options traders of any level can understand. His chapter on options and taxes is especially welcomed (and needed). The Bible of Options Strategies is a straightforward, easy-to-use reference work that should occupy a space on any options trader’s bookshelf. “

–Bernie Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO, Schaeffer’s Investment Research, Inc.

 

“The author delivers clarity, insight and perception making learning about options a joy, and practicing the art of making money that much easier: truly a bible from a guru.”
–Alpesh B. Patel, Author and Financial Times Columnist

 

“Guy Cohen truly makes learning about options easy in this fact-filled guide. Bullet points make for a quick and enlightened read, getting to the heart of what you really need to know about each options strategy. This book is a must for any serious trader’s library.”
–Price Headley, Founder, BigTrends.com

 

 

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

1. The Four Basic Options Strategies.

Long Call.

Short (Naked) Call.

Long Put.

Short (Naked) Put.

2. Income Strategies.

Covered Call.

Short (Naked) Put–Refer to Chapter 1 (1.4).

Bull Put Spread.

Bear Call Spread.

Long Iron Butterfly.

Long Iron Condor.

Covered Short Straddle.

Covered Short Strangle.

Calendar Call.

Diagonal Call.

Calendar Put.

Diagonal Put.

Covered Put (Also Known as a Married Put).

3. Vertical Spreads.

Bull Call Spread.

Bear Put Spread.

Bull Put Spread–Refer to Chapter 2 (2.3).

Bear Call Spread–Refer to Chapter 2 (2.4).

Bull Call Ladder.

Bull Put Ladder.

Bear Call Ladder.

Bear Put Ladder.

4. Volatility Strategies.

Straddle.

Strangle.

Strip.

Strap.

Guts.

Short Call Butterfly.

Short Put Butterfly.

Short Call Condor.

Short Put Condor.

Short Iron Butterfly.

Short Iron Condor.

5. Sideways Strategies.

Short Straddle.

Short Strangle.

Short Guts.

Long Call Butterfly.

Long Put Butterfly.

Long Call Condor.

Long Put Condor.

Modified Call Butterfly.

Modified Put Butterfly.

Long Iron Butterfly–Refer to Chapter 2 (2.5).

Long Iron Condor–Refer to Chapter 2 (2.6).

6. Leveraged Strategies.

Call Ratio Backspread.

Put Ratio Backspread.

Ratio Call Spread.

Ratio Put Spread.

7. Synthetic Strategies.

Collar.

Synthetic Call.

Synthetic Put.

Long Call Synthetic Straddle.

Long Put Synthetic Straddle.

Short Call Synthetic Straddle.

Short Put Synthetic Straddle.

Long Synthetic Future.

Short Synthetic Future.

Long Combo.

Short Combo.

Long Box.

8. Taxation for Stock and Options Traders.

Tax on Stocks.

Tax on Options.

Appendix A: Strategy Table.

Appendix B: Glossary.

Index.

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