An easy approach to options trading: The introductory guide to options trading and the main option trading strategies

By Stefano Calicchio

Stop wasting time with directional trading and start discovering advanced options strategies and dramatically increase your earning opportunities. Option trading allows you to limit potential losses on your capital by building strategies with potentially unlimited gains. With option trading you can better control risk and decide to build non-directional positions that allow you to gain as time passes or volatility changes. In this guide you will find technical explanations and practical examples of the basics of options, the theoretical and operational characteristics of these derivatives and the complex combinations that characterize advanced trades. Bring the market to your side NOW: now you can finally discover the basics of options trading at an unbeatable price.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stefano Calicchio
• Release date: Jun 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9788835839415

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Disclaimer

This book does not constitute in any way advice or solicitation for public savings. Operating on the stock exchange is a risky business. What is shown in this manual is the result of years of study and operation, so there is no guarantee that such results will be achieved. Past results obtained by the author do not provide any kind of guarantee for future earnings. The reader is fully aware and responsible for his or her economic and financial decisions, i.e., he or she is aware of the risks associated with any type of operation. The case studies and examples contained in the text are the result of facts and opinions that may be changed at any time without prior notice and do not constitute a solicitation for the purchase or sale of securities and public savings. The reason why these cases are presented is to provide elements of study of the markets, so they cannot be considered as definite forecasts and do not protect against the risk inherent in stock exchange investment activities. With the presence of this disclaimer the Author declines any responsibility for possible inaccuracies in the data reported, damages, economic losses, direct or indirect damages resulting from the use or disclosure of the information contained in this book.

Introduction

It is not difficult to understand why options trading has developed so quickly and extraordinarily over the past few years. Options allow traders who understand their operations an extraordinary flexibility in dealing with the market. There are strategies in options of a directional nature, which allow you to earn during long market trends. But there are also volatility strategies and strategies that offer the opportunity to earn money simply by holding your position as time goes by.

In this sense, options trading creates the conditions to increase the levels and size of your asset compared to the limits found with the use of underlyings, which can only follow the single direction of the market. Options, when used correctly, also allow you to hedge your trading positions against the risk of a market reversal better than with the use of simple underlyings - an opportunity that will not be missed in this guide. Finally, options can be used for short-term speculative and investment purposes.

There are operational strategies that offer equally substantial returns in return for a high risk of loss. This guide aims to introduce you to the world of option trading. Although the study of options requires years of assimilation and practice, through these pages the reader will find out in a simple and direct way what options are and how they can be used to build alternative trading positions.

This is valuable know-how that will help both the investor and the trader to operate more consciously in the markets. Through technical explanations and numerous operational examples, the following pages simplify a subject that at first glance may seem almost inaccessible, but that each of us can learn to understand and exploit using the right amount of study and practice.

A first look at the options

Millions of people around the world operate in options or wish to learn the basics of option trading. It is no coincidence that the attention of so many traders and investors has focused on this particular form of investment. For the experienced