No-Hype Options Trading (PDF)

Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART 1 The Foundations of Options Trading. Chapter 1: Option Basics. Definitions of Calls and Puts. Are You Long Or Short? Option Contract Size. Is My Option In- or Out-of-the Money? Option Trade Orders. Option Expiration. LEAPS Options. Option Settlement Options Cycles. CHAPTER 2 Probability Distributions. The Gaussian Distribution. Application to the Real World. Risk-Adjusted Returns. High-Probability Trading. Low-Probability Trading. Options Trading Myths. What is a "Conservative" Trade? Exercises. CHAPTER 3 Options Pricing and Implied Volatility. The Black-Scholes Pricing Model. The Greeks. Implied Volatility. Building the Price of an Option. A Closer Look at the Greeks. How Will We Use the Greeks? Exercises. CHAPTER 4 Vertical Spreads. Building the Vertical Spread. Effects of Implied Volatility. Early Exercise. Expiration and Exercise. Margin Requirements. Application of Probability Calculations. Risk/Reward and Probability of Success. Exercises. PART 2 Options Strategies for Income Generation. CHAPTER 5 Using Options to Boost Income in a Stock Portfolio. The Classic Covered Call Strategy. Strategic Considerations. The Notorious Selling Naked Puts Strategy. Selling Naked Puts for Income. Buying Stocks at a Discount. Combining the Covered Call with Selling Naked Puts. Early Exercise. Risk Management. The Achilles' Heel of Directional Strategies. Exercises. CHAPTER 6 Calendar and Double Calendar Spreads. Vega Risk and Calendar Spreads. Volatility Skews. Searching For Calendar Candidates. Entering and Managing the Trade. Early Exercise. Adjustments. Out-of-the-Money Calendar Spreads. Double Calendar Spreads. Determining the Optimal Strike Prices. Trade Management and Adjustments. Multiple Calendar Spread Positions. Exercises. CHAPTER 7 Double Diagonal Spreads. Diagonal Spreads. Double Diagonal Spreads. Managing the Trade. Double Diagonals vs. Double Calendars. Exercises. CHAPTER 8 Butterfly Spreads. At-the-Money and Out-of-the-Money

KERRY W. GIVEN, PHD, is founder of Parkwood Capital, LLC, a business that consists of stock and options coaching, a monthly newsletter, a small hedge fund, and a trading advisory service. He writes a monthly column, "Ask Dr. Duke," for, and conducts monthly webinars with, SFO magazine. Given speaks frequently at trading conferences and on behalf of various option brokerage firms. He is the only options coach and educator who publishes his trading results live as they occur. Given earned his BS from the University of Florida and his PhD from the University of Minnesota.

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