Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading - Hardcover

Cohen, Guy

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186 ratings by Goodreads

9780131871359: Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131871358 ISBN 13: 9780131871359

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2005

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In Options Made Easy, Second Edition, Guy Cohen clearly explains everything you need to know about options in plain English so that you can start trading fast and make consistent profits in any market, bull or bear!

Simply and clearly, the author reveals secrets of options trading that were formerly limited to elite professionals–and exposes the dangerous myths that keep investors from profiting.

As you set out on your options journey, you'll learn interactively through real-life examples, anecdotes, case studies, and pictures. Guy Cohen is your friendly expert guide, helping you pick the right stocks, learn the right strategies, create the trading plans that work, and master the psychology of the winning trader.

Master all the essentials–and put them to work

Options demystified so that you can get past the fear and start profiting!
Learn the safest ways to trade options

Identify high-probability trades that lead to consistent profits
Design a winning Trading Plan–and stick to it

Understand your risk profile and discover exactly when to enter and exit your trades
Choose the right stocks for maximum profit

Screen for your best opportunities–stocks that are moving–or are about to move
Discover the optimum strategies for you

Match your trading strategies to your personal investment goals
No bull! The realities and myths of the markets

What you must know about fundamental and technical analysis

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Review:

"The best book on options I have ever come across."- Alpesh Patel, best-selling author of Trading Online and Mind of a Trader "Incredibly well presented - actually makes you want to learn about options if you are a novice, and for the expert teaches you huge amounts you never knew. The diagrams, charts and illustrations are exactly what is needed for a potentially complex subject and turns it exactly into what it says on the cover - Options Made Easy. Very thorough. Very accessible." "Guy's approach in using well illustrated diagrams is the most effective way

to understand the concepts and intricacies of options trading. This book

will guide you through the popular strategies adopted by traders at all

levels. Options Made Easy is definitely a valuable addition to any trader's

library. It's one of the best investments I have ever made." J Pau, Australia

From the Back Cover:

“Guy Cohen cuts through the fog and helps all levels of investors grasp the most intricate concepts. He does so with great clarity and brevity despite covering such a broad set of topics. His is an invaluable guide for the interested beginner and the most advanced trader.”

―Ned Bennett, CEO, optionsXpress, Inc.

"The best book on options I have ever come across."
―Alpesh B. Patel, bestselling author of Trading Online and Mind of a Trader

"Guy Cohen really does make options easy. Each options strategy has both a visual diagram of the risk and reward, as well as a logical explanation of how the strategy works. Combined with primers on fundamental and technical analysis, Guy shows you how to put the odds in your favor in today's options markets."
―Price Headley, Founder, BigTrends.com and author of Big Trends in Trading

"Guy Cohen has put together a comprehensive, easy to understand, must-read on options for investors of all levels. Practical in its approach, the graphics bring clarity to what beginning investors might consider complicated strategies."
―Joseph Sellitto, Director Retail Derivatives, E*TRADE Securities LLC

"This is one of the best books on option strategies I have ever read."
―Daniel J. Zanger, President, Chartpattern.com

"Guy Cohen builds a foundation for the reader with simple definitions and clear mechanics on what can be a complicated topic. He then approaches each strategy with a context of fundamental and technical analysis and sets the stage for a solid understanding of risk, reward and probability."
―Dave Whitmore, Managing Director, Products & Services, Ameritrade, Inc.

Simply and clearly, the author reveals secrets of options trading that were formerly limited to elite professionals―and exposes the dangerous myths that keep investors from profiting.

Master all the essentials―and put them to work
Options demystified so that you can get past the fear and start profiting!
Learn the safest ways to trade options
Identify high-probability trades that lead to consistent profits
Design a winning Trading Plan―and stick to it
Understand your risk profile and discover exactly when to enter and exit your trades
Choose the right stocks for maximum profit
Screen for your best opportunities―stocks that are moving―or are about to move
Discover the optimum strategies for you
Match your trading strategies to your personal investment goals
No bull! The realities and myths of the markets
What you must know about fundamental and technical analysis