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Rick Swope is a cofounder of Pro Market Advisors, which specializes in premier investment education and trading consultation services for retail and institutional clients such as E*Trade Financial Corporation, the Options Industry Council, and the International Securities Exchange. Previously, he was the co-owner and managing partner of one of the first online trading firms. He is the coauthor of The Market Guys' Five Points for Trading Success (Wiley).
W. Shawn Howell is a cofounder of Pro Market Advisors. He spent a decade working with Charles Schwab's most affluent and sophisticated traders as well as managing teams of specialized brokers. In 2005, Shawn concluded his tenure as the divisional manager of Schwab's Active Trader Field Team to teach currency, stock, option, and technical trading strategies across North America for Investools. In 2007, he became the Managing Director of the forex enterprise for Thinkorswim Group Inc. In 2009, Shawn and longtime friend Rick Swope cofounded Pro Market Advisors.
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
Market Scoring | p. 1 |
Intuition Can Be High Tuition | p. 2 |
The Role of Technical Analysis | p. 3 |
Trend Scoring | p. 9 |
Trend-Scoring System | p. 10 |
Volatility Scoring | p. 27 |
Volatility Overview | p. 28 |
Volatility Scoring System | p. 34 |
Know That You Don't Know | p. 42 |
Protecting Your Position | p. 43 |
Seven Keys to Risk Management Success | p. 44 |
Three Legs of Managing Risk | p. 54 |
Setting Stops | p. 63 |
Safety in Numbers | p. 66 |
Covered Calls | p. 67 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 68 |
Strategy in Action | p. 70 |
Strategy Management | p. 71 |
Strategy Application | p. 76 |
Long Calls | p. 81 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 81 |
Strategy in Action | p. 85 |
Strategy Management | p. 91 |
LEAPS | p. 92 |
Strategy Application | p. 95 |
Long Puts | p. 101 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 101 |
Strategy in Action | p. 102 |
Strategy Management | p. 104 |
Speculative Puts | p. 107 |
Collars | p. 110 |
Strategy Application | p. 111 |
Straddles and Strangles | p. 117 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 118 |
Strategy in Action-Straddle | p. 119 |
Strategy Management | p. 122 |
Strategy in Action-Strangle | p. 124 |
Strategy Application | p. 125 |
Debit Spreads | p. 131 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 132 |
Strategy in Action | p. 135 |
Strategy Management | p. 136 |
Strategy Application | p. 141 |
Cash-Secured Puts | p. 145 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 145 |
Strategy in Action | p. 147 |
Strategy Management | p. 149 |
Strategy Application | p. 153 |
Credit Spreads | p. 159 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 160 |
Strategy in Action | p. 160 |
Strategy Management | p. 162 |
Strategy Application | p. 168 |
Horizontal Spreads | p. 171 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 173 |
Strategy in Action | p. 175 |
Strategy Management | p. 176 |
Strategy Application | p. 179 |
Diagonal Spreads | p. 183 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 184 |
Strategy in Action | p. 190 |
Strategy Management | p. 191 |
Strategy Application | p. 193 |
Index Options | p. 197 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 198 |
Strategy in Action | p. 204 |
Strategy Execution | p. 204 |
Butterfly Spreads | p. 207 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 208 |
Strategy in Action | p. 210 |
Strategy Management | p. 212 |
Strategy Application | p. 213 |
Iron Condors | p. 217 |
Getting to Know the Strategy | p. 218 |
Strategy in Action | p. 218 |
Strategy Management | p. 221 |
Strategy Application | p. 223 |
Appendix Strategy Profit and Loss Diagrams | p. 227 |
About the Authors | p. 231 |
Index | p. 233 |
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