Options for the beginner and beyond : unlock the opportunities and minimize the risks - Olmstead, W. Edward (Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2006)
Basic concepts -- Introduction -- Option selection -- Entering and exiting option trades -- The Greeks -- Risk graphs -- Leaps -- Assignment anxiety -- Broker selection -- Miscellaneous tips -- Trading strategies -- Vertical spreads -- Event producing credit spreads -- Calendar spreads -- Advanced calendar spreads -- Covered calls -- Straddles and strangles -- Stock repair and stock enhancement -- Married puts -- Collars -- Advanced collars -- Naked option writing -- Stock substitutes -- Backspreads -- Butterfly spreads -- Iron condors and double diagonals -- An end-of-year tax strategy -- Special topics -- Day trading an index with options -- Delta-neutral trading -- Theory of maximum pain -- Implied volatility and the black-scholes formula -- Put-call parity relationship.
Includes index.
Keywords: Options (Finance); Investment analysis