Profiting from weekly options : how to earn consistent income trading weekly option serials / Robert J. Seifert
- Author:
- Seifert, Robert J.
- Published:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
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- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Market Psychology: The Mind-Set of a Trader -- The Herd Mentality: Bubbles -- The South Sea Bubble 1711--1721: Trade, War, and Government Collusion -- The Cotton Panic of 1837: Land, Commodities, and Government -- The Panic of 1893: Railroads Have No Upper Limit -- September 11, 2001: Price Can Never Go Up Again -- The Commodity Bubble of 2008: Price Can Never Go Down Again -- Bitcoin 2009 to Present: Crypto-Currency Meets Greed -- Lessons to Be Learned -- ch. 1 Quiz -- ch. 2 Modern Markets -- Equity Markets -- Liquidity -- Flow of Funds -- Futures Markets: Origins -- Calculating Future Contract Values -- Tick Size -- Margin -- Stock Index Futures -- Index Futures versus Stock -- Forex: Currencies -- Options -- Summary -- ch. 2 Quiz -- ch. 3 Technical versus Fundamental Price Analysis -- Summary -- ch. 3 Quiz -- ch. 4 Phases of the Market -- Congestion -- Breakout to the Trend -- Blowoff -- Summary -- ch. 4 Quiz -- ch. 5 The Relationship of Time and Price -- Summary -- ch. 5 Quiz -- ch. 6 Introduction to Options -- Basic Option Glossary -- Working Option Vocabulary -- Summary -- ch. 6 Quiz -- ch. 7 The Option Model -- Games of Chance -- Air in the Balloon -- Summary -- ch. 7 Quiz -- ch. 8 The Option Chain -- Summary -- ch. 8 Quiz -- ch. 9 Option Trading Strategies -- Why Selling Naked Options Is Always Wrong! -- Suitable Option Trades -- The Credit Spread -- Summary -- ch. 9 Quiz -- ch. 10 Why Trade Weekly Options? -- Buying a Call or a Put Outright -- Summary -- ch. 10 Quiz -- ch. 11 Midterm Review -- Psychology -- Liquidity -- Market Pricing -- Phases of the Market -- Relationship of Time and Price -- Option Vocabulary -- Summary -- Test for Chapters 1--10 -- ch. 12 Standard Deviation---The Mathematics of the Price Cycle -- Summary -- ch. 12 Quiz -- ch. 13 Trading in a Congestion Phase of the Market -- Trade One Buying an Outright Option -- Trade Two Credit Spreads -- Trade Three Risk Reversals -- Trade Four Backspread (1 [×] 2 for Even) -- Summary -- ch. 13 Quiz -- ch. 14 Trading in a Trending Phase of the Market -- Trade One Buying an Outright Option -- Trade Two Credit Spreads -- Trade Three Risk Reversals -- Trade Four Backspread (1 [×] 2 for Even) -- Summary -- ch. 14 Quiz -- ch. 15 Trading in the Blowoff Phase of the Market -- Trade One Buying an Outright Option -- Trade Two Credit Spreads -- Trade Three Risk Reversals -- Trade Four Backspread (1 [×] 2 for Even) -- Summary -- ch. 15 Quiz -- ch. 16 Selecting a Portfolio to Trade -- Liquidity -- Volatility -- Diversification by Product -- Diversification by Dollar Risk -- Summary -- ch. 16 Quiz -- ch. 17 Managing Your Equity -- Risk of Ruin -- Risk Capital -- Volatility -- Win Rate -- Starting Capital -- Summary -- ch. 17 Quiz -- ch. 18 Organizing Trades and FAQs -- Step One Observing Your Portfolio -- Step Two Observing the Major Trend and Making a Trade -- Step Three The Amount of Equity Needed to Trade Each Strategy -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Summary -- Final Exam: 100 Questions.
- Summary:
- "Generate consistent income with a smart weekly options strategyProfiting From Weekly Options is a clear, practical guide to earning consistent income from trading options. Rather than confuse readers with complex math formulas, this book concentrates on the process of consistently profiting from weekly option serials by utilizing a series of simple trades. Backed by the author's thirty years of experience as a professional option trader and market maker, these ideas and techniques allow active individual traders and investors to generate regular income while mitigating risk. Readers will learn the fundamental mechanisms that drive weekly options, the market forces that affect them, and the analysis techniques that help them manage trades. Weekly options are structured like conventional monthly options, but they expire each week. Interest has surged since their inception three years ago, and currently accounts for up to thirty percent of total option volume, traded on all major indices as well as high volume stocks and ETFs. This book is a guide to using weekly options efficiently and effectively as income-generating investments, with practical guidance and expert advice on strategy and implementation. Discover the cycles and market dynamics at work Learn essential fundamental and technical analysis techniques Understand the option trading lexicon and lifecycle Gain confidence in managing trades and mitigating risk Weekly options can be integrated with any existing options strategy, but they are particularly conducive to credit spread strategies and short-term trades based on technical patterns. For investors looking for an easy-in/easy-out method of generating consistent income, Profiting From Weekly Options provides the wisdom of experience with practical, actionable advice"--
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- ISBN:
- 9781118980941 (epub)
1118980948 (epub)
9781118980958 (pdf)
1118980956 (pdf)
9781119072027
1119072026
1118980581 (Hardcover)
9781118980583 (Hardcover) - Note:
- Includes index.
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