Trading Options For Dummies 3rd

Part 1: Getting Started. 7

CHAPTER 1: Options Trading and the Individual Investor. 9

CHAPTER 2: Introducing Options. 21

CHAPTER 3: Trading Places: Where the Action Happens. 35

CHAPTER 4: Option Risks and Rewards . 53

Part 2: Evaluating Markets, Sectors, and Strategies. 69

CHAPTER 5: Analyzing Mood Swings in the Market . 71

CHAPTER 6: Sector Analysis: Technical and Fundamental. 91

CHAPTER 7: Practicing Before You Swing. 119

CHAPTER 8: Designing a Killer Trading Plan. 137

Part 3: What Every Trader Needs to Know

about Options. 153

CHAPTER 9: Getting to Know Different Option Styles. 155

CHAPTER 10: Protecting Your Portfolio with Options. 177

CHAPTER 11: Increasing Profit Potential and Decreasing Risk. 199

CHAPTER 12: Combination Strategies: Spreads and Other Wild Things. 221

CHAPTER 13: ETFs, Options, and Other Useful Tricks. 237

Part 4: Advanced Strategies for Options Traders. 263

CHAPTER 14: Making Money without Worrying About the Market’s Direction . 265

CHAPTER 15: Letting Volatility Show You the Way to Trading Opportunities. 285

CHAPTER 16: Trading Profitably When Markets Move Sideways. 315

Part 5: The Part of Tens. 343

CHAPTER 17: Ten Top Option Strategies. 345

CHAPTER 18: Ten Do’s and Don’ts in Options Trading. 359