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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830308903321

Autore

De Weert Frans

Titolo

An introduction to options trading [[electronic resource] /] / Frans de Weert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2006

ISBN

1-119-20908-0

1-280-73978-9

9786610739783

0-470-03456-4

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Securities Institute

Disciplina

332.632283

Soggetti

Options (Finance)

Futures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: OPTIONS; Chapter 2: THE BLACK SCHOLES FORMULA; Chapter 3: DIVIDENDS AND THEIR EFFECT ON OPTIONS; Chapter 4: IMPLIED VOLATILITY; Chapter 5: DELTA; Chapter 6: THREE OTHER GREEKS; Chapter 7: THE PROFIT OF OPTION TRADERS; Chapter 8: OPTION GREEKS IN PRACTICE; Chapter 9: SKEW; Chapter 10: SEVERAL OPTION STRATEGIES; Chapter 11: DIFFERENT OPTION STRATEGIES AND WHY INVESTORS EXECUTE THEM; Chapter 12: TWO EXOTIC OPTIONS; Chapter 13: REPO; Appendix A: PROBABILITY THAT AN OPTION EXPIRES IN THE MONEY

Appendix B: VARIANCE OF A COMPOSITE OPTIONBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Explaining the theory and practice of options from scratch, this book focuses on the practical side of options trading, and deals with hedging of options and how options traders earn money by doing so.  Common terms in option theory are explained and readers are shown how they relate to profit.  The book gives the necessary tools to deal with options in practice and it includes mathematical formulae to lift explanations from a superficial level.  Throughout the book real-life examples will illustrate why investors use option structures to satisfy



their needs.