Trading In-the-Money Made Simple: A Defined-Risk Guide to Deep-ITM Calls and Spreads: 5 (The Defined-Risk Options Library) - Softcover

Mattson, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798184893914

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

What if you could trade like the index itself — for a fraction of the capital, with a loss you cap before you ever click "buy"?

Most option buyers are buying melting ice: out-of-the-money lottery tickets that are all time value, racing the clock just to break even. Trading in-the-money turns that on its head. A deep in-the-money option is mostly intrinsic value — real value you already own — so it tracks the market nearly point-for-point, barely decays, and hands you a defined maximum loss that is smaller than owning the index outright.

Trading In-the-Money Made Simple is the plain-English, defined-risk guide to doing it right. No hype, no secret system — just real math, honest risk, and worked examples built from real historical S&P 500 (SPX) option data.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Use a deep-ITM call as a stock replacement — control the index for a fraction of the cash, with a defined downside
• Tell real value (intrinsic) from melting ice (extrinsic), and why it changes everything
• Build high-probability in-the-money debit spreads — and know exactly what you're giving up for those better odds
• Choose how deep, how wide, and how long with probability instead of a hunch
• Size every position so a wrong call is survivable — and face the honest truth that high probability is not high expectancy
• Manage, roll, and exit by rule, and handle assignment the right way

Book 5 of The Defined-Risk Options Library — the series for traders who want to actually understand what they're doing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798184893914
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134