Description
When dealing with option spreads your looking to purchase one option in conjunction with the sale of another option. If managed properly, these spreads can provide experienced investors with the potential for large returns without undertaking a great deal of risk.
Option Spread Trading provides a comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand explanation of option spreads, and shows you how to select the best spread strategy for any given market outlook. Along the way, author Russell Rhoads discusses spread strategies that can be used to profit from a strong up or down directional move in a stock, a stagnant market, or a highly volatile market. He also details how you can harness the leverage of options to create a low-risk position that provides the potential for a big profit.
- All manner of spreads are covered, from calendar and horizontal spreads to vertical and diagonal spreads
- Highlights how you can monitor and adjust an existing spread position and provides tips on how to exit a spread trade
- Includes exercises and examples to test and reinforce your knowledge of the concepts presented
Option spread trading has become increasingly popular with active traders and investors. Gain a better understanding of this powerful approach with Option Spread Trading as your guide.
Author: Russell Rhoads
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 01/11/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.36w x 1.01d
ISBN13: 9780470618981
ISBN10: 0470618981
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Finance | General
About the Author
RUSSELL RHOADS is an instructor for the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He conducts about ninety classes a year and, in addition, conducts webinars on behalf of the CBOE and a variety of brokerage firms. Rhoads's twenty-year trading career included positions at a variety of trading firms and hedge funds. His background includes trading and analysis, and he is author of Candlestick Charting For Dummies. Rhoads graduated the University of Memphis with a MS in finance and has a master's certificate in financial engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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