Options Trading For Dummies

by Joe Duarte

When it comes to boosting your portfolio, you’ve got options!  Looking for a new way to flex your investing muscle? Look no further!   Options Trading For Dummies  offers trusted guidance for anyone ready to jump into the versatile, rewarding world of stock options. And just what are your options options? This book breaks down the most common types of options contracts, helping you select the right strategy for your needs. Learn all about the risk-reward structure of options trading and reduce your risk through smart mixing and matching.   Today’s markets are more topsy turvy than ever before, but there is also more potential for everyday investors like you to profit, regardless of economic conditions. Options are great for broadening your retirement portfolio or earning a little extra scratch through shorter-term positions.   Options Trading For Dummies  is your plain-English resource for learning how!  Thinking of trading options, but not sure where to start? This latest edition of  Options Trading For Dummies  provides you with step-by-step advice for boosting your income under today’s market conditions. 

Genres: Finance, Business, Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2021

About the author

Dr. Joe Duarte has been analyzing, trading, and writing about the financial markets since 1990. His "This Week in the Money" column is widely followed at MoneyShow.com. He was biotech and healthcare analyst for Investing Daily.com - Strategic Technology Investing, Breakthrough Tech Profits, and the highly regarded Personal Finance newsletter. He is author of "Trading Options for Dummies," now in its third edition (August 28,2017).

He was an original CNBC Market Maven, has been quoted in Barron's, The Wall Street Journal and has written articles for Marketwatch.com and many other major publications. His books include "Trading Options for Dummies," "Trading Futures for Dummies," "The Everything Investing in Your 20s & 30s Book," and six others. Dr. Duarte is a former money manager and a professional investor trading for his own account.

Reviews

[James Sizemore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good book on options trading.

The writing style is a little slow to start but quickly gets up to speed, the author does a very good job of giving you a real understanding of if options trading is for you. From reading this book I understand what option trading is, and that it is not a good fit for my personality type. I am sure he saved me time and money.

[Jesus Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the thickest and least palatable books ive read in a while,this is a very dense subject. Options are very complicated and Mr. Duarte does a great job in condensing the important stuff about these financial instruments.

He explains more in depth as the book continues on, things like the greeks to time decay. Important strategies that can be applicable in basically most market conditions emphasizing on risk management before everything. Raw math calculations to asses investment and margin requirements which are very helpful if you are trying to navigate markets successfully.

I too am very green in this subject this book is definite a great start. Options are something I want to understand more and using this manual is going to help for sure.

[Crista Huff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's what I was looking for, on the internet and in books, that I couldn't find: I wanted a book that described buying calls in great detail, with lots of examples, so that the investor could learn the nuances of option pricing on what's probably the most common type of option trade--buying a call.

Instead, all I've found is either very basic instruction (What is a put? What is a call?) or books and articles that try to describe every possible option strategy.

I didn't actually find this book to be helpful, although I'll keep it handy in case I want to branch out into more complicated options trades in the future.

[Y T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and straight forward text book kind of reading. Explains well on the tips to take note, e.g. wider wings on butterfly set up means a higher risk.

Overall good for learning about the option basics.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely discusses a lot of techniques, although I find it tells you how to fish, but stays away from discussing what sort of water to fish in

[Pedro Branco · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an entry-level book about its topic. Only consider if you are starting on options trading.

[Vivek . · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good and actionable, recommend to get the physical copy.

[Larry Hou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a technical book, probably revisit when moving into more advanced strategies

[James DeJarnett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trading Options for Dummies is a very informative book, however it can be very dry. It is repetitive by design as that assists the learning process, but I felt a bit like I had received half a book as I was reading the same information over again. This book is on it's 5th edition, which is touted by the author as a good thing because it has been looked over many times by many people, and yet there are still a surprising number of errors within the book. Mostly it is small stuff, incorrect grammar, misspelling here or there, and even a sentence that wasn't spaced correctly. Normally I wouldn't mind that stuff too much, but if you are going to brag about the book being looked over for accuracy, make sure it is.

[Yates Buckley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information, well organised but very dry and really hard to get into. Information wise a very good book on options, but painful from a fluidity of prose and memorable stories point of view.

[Baldjeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

NOT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR AN INTRODUCTORY BOOK

[Frederick Schlabach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful, well-explained lessons.
I perceived it as repetitive throughout, however.

[Sumit]

Lovely