A popular options authority offers you a hands-on guide to get you up and trading—even if you're a novice Options are extremely popular with traders looking to gain leverage and reduce risk, but books on the subject often get bogged down in complex mathematical formulas and other detailed discussions, which aren't helpful a new trader. Start Trading Options delivers clear, concise, and ready-to-use explanations to guide you from the fundamentals of options through more advanced and powerful trading strategies. Plain-English descriptions explain uses of calls and puts, strategies for buying and selling, techniques for combining futures and options to create synthetic positions, and types of spreads from strangles and straddles to vertical, ratio, and delta.

Kraus, Kevin M

McGraw-Hill School Education Group

Irwin Professional Publishing

New York: McGraw-Hill

Oracle Press

United States, United States of America

New York, New York State, 2006

1 edition, September 21, 2005

New York, NY, c 2006

1, PS, 2005

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Includes index.

<p><P><b>Easy-to-use option strategies to dramatically increase your trading profits while slashing your downside risk</b><P><u>Start Trading Options</u> takes a straightforward approach, using simple and easy language and math to give you just the facts&#151;what options are, how and why they work, and what you need to do to start making them work for you today.<P>Written by veteran options trader and trainer Kevin Kraus, <u>Start Trading Options</u> includes&#58;<P><ul> <li>The basics of buying and selling puts and calls, proper order terminology, how to calculate breakeven points, and more <li>Spread strategies and techniques, including vertical, ratio, butterfly, back, credit, and condor spreads, along with long and short strangles and straddles <li>Advanced techniques, including multiple options strategies, calendar spreads, synthetic futures, and option forecasting on the fly <li>Risk management strategies, from establishing risk points and placing stop orders to popular hedging methods <li>Test your Knowledge sections within each chapter, along with listings of key terms and quizzes at the end of each chapter <P></ul><P>Millions of traders and investors use basic, no-nonsense options strategies every day to augment their profits while protecting their portfolios against sudden price drops. Discover what they know and what you need to know to adopt their proven and profitable techniques in <u>Start Trading Options</u>.<P><b>Kevin Kraus</b> is president of CSM Futures, a pioneer web based and retail service brokerage firm that offers 24-hour online access, education, and market support. He is the creator of <u>Kevin Kraus's Option Tutor Course</u>. For more information, visit his Website at www.kkraus.com.</p>

Options are popular with traders looking to gain leverage and reduce risk. This work guides you from the fundamentals of options through more advanced trading strategies. It also describes and explains uses of calls and puts, strategies for buying and selling, and types of spreads from strangles and straddles to vertical, ratio, and delta.

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