A comprehensive yet simplified guide to the complex world ofoptions investing and risk managementBefore trading derivatives, one needs to understand the secretsand mechanics behind the options market. Your Options Handbook: ThePractical Reference and Strategy Guide to Trading Options offers astraightforward, practical explanation of the options marketplace,including its origins, the mechanics of the market, and how toprofit from trading options.
- Walks you through the stock and option markets from aprofessional's perspective, but uses plain language and simpleanalogies
- Discusses different trading strategies based upon whether one'sopinion of the market is bullish, bearish, or neutral
- Details market players, useful tips, and trading psychology,and explains how options are priced
Options are a versatile trading instrument that typically costless and can have lower risk than stocks. They also offer investorsa unique edge and lucrative opportunities that are not available tostock only traders. Your Options Handbook helps investors fullyunderstand the options market, allowing them to enter the sectorwith greater ease.
Jared A. Levy got his start trading as an options marketmaker and specialist in the pits of the Philadelphia and AmericanStock Exchanges in the '90s. Now as an exclusive CNBC contributor,he offers his commentary to the world as part of CNBC's Fast Moneyteam and appears on several programs throughout the network. Jaredis also featured and quoted in numerous industry publications bothonline and in print. He has been featured on Bloomberg, Fox, andseveral other radio and TV networks over the years. In 2006, he wonan Emmy for his daily video, "Trader Cast." More recently, heserved as the Senior Derivatives Specialist for PEAK6 Investments,L.P., and is currently an editor for Taipan Publishing Group.
Through his many seminars and courses, Jared Levy has educatedtens of thousands of investors on how to successfully andconsistently trade and invest for a living, while keeping risk low.He teaches a practical, straightforward approach to investing thatinvolves analyzing equities, derivatives, and the markets as awhole, as well as both simple and complex strategies and the use ofdiverse instruments.