Trading Options in Turbulent Markets / Bloomberg Professional (ePub)

Top options expert Larry Shover returns to discuss how to
interpret, and profit from, market volatility

Trading Options in Turbulent Markets, Second Edition
skillfully explains the intricacies of options volatility and shows
you how to use options to cope, and profit from, market turbulence.
Throughout this new edition, options expert Larry Shover reveals
how to use historical volatility to predict future volatility for a
security and addresses how you can utilize that knowledge to make
better trading decisions.

Along the way, he also defines the so-called Greeks--delta,
vega, theta, and gamma--and explains what drives their values
and their relationship to historic and implied volatility. Shover
then provides effective strategies for trading options contracts in
uncertain times, addressing the decision-making process and how to
trade objectively in the face of unpredictable and irrational
market moves.

* Includes a new chapter of the VIX, more advanced material on
volatility suitable for institutional or intermediate options
trader, and additional volatility-based strategies

* Answers complex questions such as: How does a trader know when
to tolerate risk and How does a successful trader respond to
adversity?

* Provides a different perspective on a variety of options
strategies, including covered calls, naked and married puts,
collars, straddles, vertical spreads, calendar spreads,
butterflies, condors, and more

As volatility becomes a greater focus of traders and investors,
Trading Options in Turbulent Markets, Second Edition will
become an important resource for in-depth insights, practical
advice, and profitable strategies.