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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811584403321

Autore

Nations Scott

Titolo

The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations [[electronic resource] ] : Strategies for Income Generation, Directional Moves, and Risk Reduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014

ISBN

1-118-81932-2

1-118-80639-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Wiley Trading

Classificazione

BUS027000

Disciplina

332.64

332.6453

Soggetti

Investment analysis

Options (Finance) -- Mathematics

Options (Finance)

Options (Finance) - Mathematics

Finance

Business & Economics

Investment & Speculation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations; Contents; Foreword; Preface; The Spreads and Combinations; Chapter 1 Not Just More or Less but Different; The "Flavors": Calls and Puts; The Expiration Date; The Strike Price; An Option Corresponds to 100 Shares of Stock; Defining an Option; Moneyness; What We Mean by Spread and Combination; A Final Thought; Chapter 2 Just a Little Math; The Option Price; Volatility and the Volatility Implied by the Option Price; Option Erosion; Option Price Sensitivities; Sensitivity to the Passage of Time; Sensitivity to the Price of the Underlying Stock

Changes in VolatilityOther Sensitivities; Chapter 3 Vertical Spreads; Buying and Selling Vertical Spreads; Vertical Spread Maximum and Minimum Values; Naming; Moneyness and Vertical Spreads; Bullish and Bearish Vertical Spreads; Selling a Call Vertical Spread; Breakeven Points; The Necessary Price Action; Vertical Spreads and Your Market



Outlook; Asymmetry of Risk and Reward for Vertical Spreads; Option Delta and Likelihood; Vertical Spread Value Prior to Expiration; The Other Greeks; The Best Measure of Vertical Spread Cost; In-the-Money Vertical Spreads; Chapter 4 Covered Calls

ProfitabilityCovered Calls and Downside Protection-Not As Much As We'd Like; Using Covered Calls to "Create" Dividends; Having Your Shares Called Away; Don't Fear Assignment; Stock Covered Vertical Call Spread; Chapter 5 Covered Puts; The Regret Point; Market Outlook; Out-of-the-Money Covered Puts; In-the-Money Covered Puts; At-the-Money or Nearly At-the-Money; Covered Put versus Covered Call; Chapter 6 Calendar Spreads; Call Calendar Spreads; Selling Calendar Spreads; Directionality; Catalysts; The Super Calendar; Chapter 7 Straddles; The Short Straddle; Likelihoods

Selling Covered StraddlesChapter 8 Strangles; Selling Strangles; Selling Covered Strangles; Chapter 9 Collars; Wider Collars; In-the-Money Collars; Potential Outcomes; A Zero-Cost Collar; Skew; How a Collar Is Similar to Other Spreads and Combinations; Put Spread Collar; Call Spread Collar; Chapter 10 Risk Reversal; Likelihoods; How Skew Helps a Risk Reversal; Call Spread Risk Reversal; Chapter 11 Butterflies; Buying and Selling Butterflies-The Terminology; Put Butterflies; Butterflies Prior to Expiration; Butterflies and Your Market Expectations; Broken Butterflies

Chapter 12 Condors and Iron CondorsSelling a Condor; The Bid/Ask Spread and Condor Spreads; Iron Condor; Directional Condors; Chapter 13 Conversion/Reversal; Reversal; Dividends; Pin Risk; Chapter 14 Ratio Spreads and Back Spreads; Vertical Spreads, Butterflies, and Ratio Spreads; Call Ratio Spreads; Call Ratio Spreads for Stock Repair; Back Spreads; Super Back Spreads; Chapter 15 Other Spreads and Combinations; Married Put; Diagonal Spread; Iron Butterfly; Christmas Tree; Box Spread; Jelly Roll; Stupid; Guts; Other Potential Spreads and Combinations; About the Website; About the Author

Index

Sommario/riassunto

Get a handle on option spreads to hike profit and squash loss The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations is the definitive educational resource and reference guide for using option spreads and other common sense option strategies. This useful guide shows readers how to select the right strategy for their market outlook and risk/reward comfort level by describing the inner workings of each strategy and how they are affected by underlying market movements, implied volatility, and time decay. Even more importantly, readers will understand where each strategy performs well, and the marke