Trading Options For Dummies

Navigate options markets and bring in the profits Thinking about trading options, but not sure where to start?This new edition of Trading Options For Dummies starts youat the beginning, explaining the common types of options availablefor trading and helps you choose the right ones for your investingneeds. You'll find out how to weigh option costs and benefits,combine options to reduce risk, build a strategy that allows you togain no matter the market conditions, broaden your retirementportfolio with index, equity, and ETF options, and so muchmore. Options are contracts giving the purchaser the right to buy orsell a security, such as stocks, at a fixed price within a specificperiod of time. Because options cost less than stock, they are aversatile trading instrument, while providing a high leverageapproach to trading that can limit the overall risk of a trade orprovide additional income. If you're an investor with some generalknowledge of trading but want a better understanding of riskfactors, new techniques, and an overall improved profit outcome,Trading Options For Dummies is for you. * Helps you determine and manage your risk, guard your assetsusing options, protect your rights, and satisfy your contractobligations * Provides expert insight on combining options to limit yourposition risk * Offers step-by-step instruction on ways to capitalize onsideways movements * Covers what you need to know about options contractspecifications and mechanics Trading options can be a great way to manage your risk, and thishands-on, friendly guide gives you the trusted and expert help youneed to succeed.