Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits Without Increasing Your Risk (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books)

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Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits Without Increasing Your Risk (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books)
by Michael C. Thomsett
from FT Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Good theory. . . but terrible presentation
  The book presents valid ideas but is so poorly editited I can only give it two stars. It is full of errors and some of the assumptions in option pricing would never exist. Did the author even re-read what he wrote? I would not consider myself an "expert" but I have read and studied stacks of books on the subject and traded options for years. I also utilize his strategy for my portfolio.
  Having said all that I would still recomend this book simply for the validity of the strategies presented, but only... more info

• A good book on options
  As an investor I used to take investing with options as more of a speculative strategy, after going through this book, my view about investing with options is changed. Now I am convinced that in some situations, investing with options may yield better result then stocks.
  One negative about the book; is repetition of the concepts, I would not complain much since that repetition clear my understanding of the new concepts.

• Not pragmatic. Too much talk.
  
  The ratio of talk to concrete examples is 85% to 15%. I like straight to the point books, that can and should reinforce important points but keep the fluff to a minimum...

• Option Trading for the Conservative Investor
  Great book if you are considering doing options in your IRA or Roth. Author is very straight forward in pointing out pit falls with a number of option stradegies that could get one into trouble and on the flip side those that work that will build your portfolio over time. I also liked that the author spent some time on tax implications of Options that other authors never speak about. Author could have spent some time on how one searches for stocks that fit the conservative option stradegey, i.e. how to use... more info

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