Shover Trading Options in Turbulent Markets

Master Uncertainty Through Active Volatility Management
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-93480-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bloomberg Professional

A thoughtful presentation of options trading and pricing whichdiscusses the impact of volatility in the process
Trading Options in Turbulent Markets reveals howvolatility in options trading relates to today's stormy marketplaceand shows you how to manage risk and take advantage of marketvolatility when investing in derivatives. In this book, optionsexpert Larry Shover skillfully addresses how to use historicalvolatility to predict future volatility for a security, or theimplied volatility, and offers suggestions for dealing with thatodd feature of options trading known as skew.
Trading Options in Turbulent Markets also looks atspecific options trading strategies that help you offset risk andreach for profit. These include the covered call, the naked and themarried puts, collars, straddles, vertical spreads, calendarspreads, butterflies, condors, and more.
* Contains proven tools for evaluating options trading decisions,including the greeks: delta, vega, theta, and gamma
* Outlines effective strategies for trading options contracts inuncertain times
* Offers insights on the risk/reward situations all traders inthis field face
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, thisimportant resource explores how to turn turbulent markets intoprofitable opportunities, and discusses why options are the besttool to use in such a difficult endeavor.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shover, Larry

Über Autor(innen)

LARRY SHOVER has been a firm and proprietary options trader for more than twenty-five years and has had the opportunity to give speeches and teach courses at a variety of exchanges including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for more than twenty years. A large part of his career has been dedicated to developing his own proprietary trading firm, and he has also served as director of education, senior vice president of trading, and director of global trader development at several commodities and options firms. Shover is a member of the CME and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and holds several Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) licenses.