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Using Options - Book Guide
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gso_tsett.gif (7250 bytes) Getting Started in Options, 4th Edition
by Michael C. Thomsett

The book carefully and completely defines the terminology, explains options investing step by step, and presents strategies so that it is easy to understand at each level of risk involved. Choosing the right stock, buying and selling options, and combining techniques are all covered in increasing complexity. This is a book for beginners
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The Options Workbook Proven Strategies from a Market Wizard
by Anthony J. Saliba

Tony Saliba explains not only the basics of options trading, but offers specific trading tactics and hands-on tools within the book and online. Showing non-professional traders and individual investors how to profit in the emerging electronic marketplace, The Options Workbook gets online investors up-to-speed fast.

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hmmso_hecht.gif (15877 bytes) How to Make Money With Stock Options : A Basic Guide for the Conservative Investor
by Mervyn L. Hecht (Preface)

This book presents a simplified, step-by-step explanation of those stock option strategies that are appropriate for use by an investor primarily interested in the protection of assets, and in increased income. The strategies are explained both by words and with graphs and visual aids. There are also general discussions of market strategies, advice for stockbrokers, lawyers, and general investors interested in stock options.

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fop_willhof.gif (7040 bytes) Fundamentals of the Options Market (Fundamentals of Investing)
by Michael Williams, Amy S. Hoffman

A guidebook for gaining increased trading profits in the options market, for investors at any level of experience. Offers checklists, charts, graphs, other tools, and plain English explanations that reveal how to open an options account and get started. Also shows how to use trading tools to master the market and how to control risks.

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howo_katmcc.gif (8461 bytes) How to Start Day Trading Futures, Options and Indices
by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Donna L. McCormick

A step-by-step guide to online trading, with tips from the beginner to the advanced level. Includes a full explanation of the mechanics of online trading, providing concrete examples and characteristic uses of stock options, index options, and futures.

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sot_friedtg.gif (5471 bytes) Stocks for Options Trading : Low-Risk, Low-Stress Strategies for Selling Stock Options- Profitably
by Harvey Conrad Friedentag, Harvey Conra Frientag

In this clearly-written book, investors learn all the basics of selling
options on their stocks (which is much like renting your stocks). Readers
learn how to make profits up to 80% annually with this safe technique, protect themselves against market declines and take full advantage of price swings and manage an entire options portfolio.

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The Beginners Guide to Becoming a CompleteTrader - Trading Stock Options
by Bill Brock, William D. Sr. Brock, Suzanne MBA Robke-Brock

This guide teaches the beginning investor the basics of trading stock options. Written in plain English, it is easy to understand and takes the reader from what a stock options is, to how to actually make their first trade. You'll discover: how to pick out the options that are going up quickly; when an inexpensive option is really overpriced; what time value, delta and other terms really mean and how to use that information...and more. 

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Option Strategies for Beginners
by Samuel N. Malkind

Samuel N. Malkind leads the reader through the process of buying and selling options -- from mastering the basics of puts and calls, to understanding the tax implications of options transactions, to evaluating various options strategies and the best ways to implement them. 

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How I Trade Options
by Jon Najarian

Najarian reveals how he successfully trades the market with options traders, showing investors how to trade like a pro by honing their discipline, handling volatility successfully, and grasping puts, calls, and spreads.

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cio_gross.gif (15560 bytes) The Conservative Investor's Guide to Trading Options
by Leroy Gross, Larry McMillan

Gross explores the various options strategies most frequently employed with individual stocks, examines the risk factors associated with each, and offers a unique perspective on how to use options as a hedging tool. From buy stock/write call to sell stock/buy call, the strategies covered are designed to help investors be better able to increase stock income, reduce stock risk, and seek stock profits.

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by James B. Bittman

Options for the Stock Investor thoroughly explains how to use stock options safely and effectively. Bittman demonstrates how to integrate options into a long-term investment program explaining in a clear and simple language time-proven strategies that will add value to any investor's portfolio. Bittman recommends specific strategies for investors with various risk tolerances and investment goals. 

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by The Options Institute (Editor)

This latest edition of "Options" remains the state-of-the-art guidebook for getting started in options trading--and understanding the motives and objectives of each player. Up-to-the minute research findings and strategic insights outline a practical, hands-on approach to trading options, helping traders of all experience levels master the basics as they make more tactically sound, intuitive, and profitable decisions.

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by John C. Hull (Preface)

Widely-adopted for its comprehensive coverage, exceptionally clear explanations of difficult material, and avoidance of nonessential math, this text bridges the gap between the theory and practice of derivatives, and helps students develop a solid working knowledge of how derivatives can be analyzed. 

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leap_roth.gif (15242 bytes) LEAPS: Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securites: What They Are and How to Use Them for Profit and Protection
by Harrison Roth

LEAPS: What They Are and How to Use Them for Profit and Protection is straightforward and easy to read. LEAPS clearly explains the concepts behind the creation of LEAPS as well as basic strategies, from bullish to bearish to neutral. 

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uobs_Eisen.gif (7278 bytes) Using Options to Buy Stocks : Build Wealth With Little Risk and No Capital
by Dennis Eisen

Instructs you on how to generate thousands of dollars a month in premiums to add to stock positions without using your own money.

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Option Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options, 2nd Edition
by Courtney D. Smith

Written in clear, nontechnical language, this comprehensive guide makes the complex world of options easier to grasp. For traders and hedgers—both novice and professional—this is the only book to have for getting to the bottom of options, and staying on top of the latest strategies.

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sifo_gidel.gif (15242 bytes) Stock Index Futures & Options : The In's & Outs of Trading Any Index, Anywhere
by Susan Abbott Gidel

Financial writer Susan Abbott Gidel provides a much-needed overview of trading the new contracts, with complete details on how they're traded, what investors need to know, and how to formulate strategies that are tailored to individual trading philosophies. Focuses on contracts available at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), and American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Highlights the most popular and accessible indexes available on 20 U.S. and 18 foreign exchanges.

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by James B. Bittman

Designed and written for active traders who are interested in practical information that can improve their results, Trading Index Options offers tried-and-true techniques without a lot of theory and math. Bittman provides traders with the know-how to evaluate practical situations and manage positions. 

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vol_natbrg.gif (6837 bytes) Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques  by Sheldon Natenberg

Option Volatility & Pricing has been completely updated to reflect the most current developments and trends in option products and trading strategies. It covers pricing models, volatility considerations, basic and advanced trading strategies, and risk management techniques. Written in clear, easy-to-understand fashion, the book points out the key concepts essential to successful trading. 

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by Lawrence G. McMillan, Larry McMillan

With revealing insights on the predictive power of options, trading systems, and strategies, both short- and long-term investors will appreciate McMillan's in-depth coverage of stock, index, and futures options and a wide range of strategies—and how they can help you make money.

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opf_haug.gif (18258 bytes) The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas
by Espen Gaarder Haug

This invaluable reference work, which includes valuable software and ready-to-use programming code to enhance your understanding of the options pricing models discussed and their practical implementations, also gives you a complete listing of key options formulas, all in a dictionary format for ease of use; commentary from author Espen Gaarder Haug that explains key points in the most important and useful formulas; practitioner-oriented formulas, and highlights of the latest options pricing research from major institutions worldwide.

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mis_kaeppel.gif (5801 bytes) The Four Biggest Mistakes in Option Trading
by Jay Kaeppel

Earn huge profits in options trading by avoiding the 4 most common - and most costly - mistakes the majority of traders make. System and software developer Jay Kaeppel shows you how to avoid the most common pitfalls option traders encounter that cause them to lose money in the long run. Discovering a simple strategy to avoid these mistakes altogether.

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omm_baird.gif (4957 bytes) Option Market Making : Trading and Risk Analysis for the Financial and Commodity Option Markets
by Allen Jan Baird

Approaches trading from the viewpoint of market makers and the part they play in pricing, valuing and placing positions. Covers option volatility and pricing, risk analysis, spreads, strategies and tactics for the options trader, focusing on how to work successfully with market makers. Features a special section on synthetic options and the role of synthetic options market making (a role of increasing importance on the trading floor). Contains numerous graphs, charts and tables.

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by George Kleinman

In-depth, well-organized and thorough -this new guide to the futures and options markets is a winner. And so can you be, when you learn. valuable, usable advice on trading strategies secret techniques used by supertraders. How to analyze the markets fundamentally and technically. Features of the key commodity markets - grains, metals, sugar, etc.

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Options As a Strategic Investment
by Lawrence McMillan, Larry McMillan

Lawrence G. McMillan, a recognized expert on options, builds from a solid foundation in the basic properties and advantages of options, listed and non-equity, to detail scores of proven techniques and tactics for a wide array of market scenarios.

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