Put Options How to Use This Powerful Financial Tool for Profit & Protection

by Cohen, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780071416658
• ISBN10: 007141665X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

How to profit from put options, the straightforward, versatile tool that any investor can use Put Optionsprovides complete information for understanding and using puts, the easy to-use investment designed to help investors lower risk and increase overall returns. Misunderstood by most investors as being far too complex, aggressive, and risky to bother with, puts are actually one of the safest end most versatile risk-hedging instruments available, and suitable for virtually any investor. Put Optionsexplains why and how. Author Jeffrey Cohen outlines a foolproof, back-tested strategy for incorporating put options into any investment portfolio--or even creating a stock-free portfolio. Put Optionsfeatures: 9 put rules for saving both money and frustration Put strategies for profiting in up, down, or sideways markets Tips for using puts to increase trading leverage and success

Author Biography

Jeffrey M. Cohen is founder of SafetyNetTrading.com as well as a hedge fund manager, continuing education instructor, and tax and financial planning expert. A popular speaker, Cohen has appeared on CNBC, CBS MarketWatch, and Lifetime.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
An Overview of the Safetynet Trading System
Understanding Risk: You Can't Avoid What You Don't Understand	p. 19
Using Options to Reduce Risk: Increase Your Odds of Successful Trading	p. 23
Using Someone Else's Money to Insure Your Assets: A Tranquilizer for Your Portfolio	p. 35
Option Trading: A Detailed Tutorial
Understanding Options: They're Simpler Than You Think	p. 47
Implementing the System: The Devil Is in the Details	p. 69
Choosing Your Universe of Stocks: Stick with the Greats	p. 75
Establishing Support Levels: How Low Is Low Enough?	p. 101
Pulling the Trigger: When to Take a Position	p. 109
Insuring against a Market Crash: Protection to Help You Sleep at Night	p. 125
Managing Your Portfolio to Maximize Your Profits	p. 133
Learning from My Costly Mistakes: Eight Rules That Will Save You Money and Frustration	p. 141
About Those Critics: Selling Puts Is Safer Than Buying Stock - Despite What Your Broker Says	p. 147
Choose Your Own Risk Tolerance: More Risk, More Reward - The Choice Is Yours	p. 159
Best Sources for Stock Research: The Internet Can Help You Be a Better Guesser	p. 167
Historical Examples and Current Trading Opportunities
History Doesn't Lie: Indisputable Proof That Investors Can Lower Their Risk	p. 173
Examples from Today's Market: The Truth Never Changes	p. 179
Back Testing the Dow: A 10-Year Back Test on Every Stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average	p. 217
Afterword	p. 221
Historical Examples	p. 227
Short Option Symbols	p. 229
Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock (QQQ)	p. 233
Currently Available Options	p. 237
Glossary	p. 299
Recommended Reading	p. 303
Index	p. 305
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