Screen LibraryLEAPS Trading Strategies : Powerful Techniques for Options Trading Success /
Investors are increasingly turning to LEAPS (Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Securities) to combine the advantages of options trading with the benefits and security of a longer time frame. Here, Marty Kearney of the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange examines the wide range of pra...
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Wiley,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken : |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley Trading
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119204572 |
| Summary: |
Investors are increasingly turning to LEAPS (Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Securities) to combine the advantages of options trading with the benefits and security of a longer time frame. Here, Marty Kearney of the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange examines the wide range of practical and effective strategies for managing LEAPS, and shows you how to match these strategies to your own risk profile. Learn how to tailor your options program using LEAPS and devise key strategies to improve profitability, protect paper profits, and avoid losses in long stock positions. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (129 pages). |
| ISBN: |
9781118538852 1118538854 9781119204572 1119204577 |
| Index Number: | HG6042 |
| CLC: | F830.91 |
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Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Publisher's Preface; How to Use This Book; Meet Marty Kearney; Introduction: Profits from LEAPS Options; Chapter 1: A Brief Review of the Basics; Important Terms; Differences: Securities Versus Options; A Brief History of Options; Options Symbols; Stock Symbols; Meaningful Strikes and Expiration Style; Options/Leaps Pricing; Self-Test Questions; Chapter 2: Why Bother with LEAPS?; Getting Time, Doing Time; Action, Reaction -- Another Leaps Benefit; Pros and Cons; Self-Test Questions; Chapter 3: Using LEAPS in a Gifting Program; The Three-Year Plan. Self-Test QuestionsChapter 4: LEAPS vs. Stock Ownership; Limiting Your Risks; Delta As A Factor of Pending Expiration; The Importance of Setting Targets; Pros and Cons Summary; Self-Test Questions; Chapter 5: Covered Writing with LEAPS; Covered Write Strategy; Evolving Value Scenarios; The Long-Term Advantage; Important Features of The Strategy; Self-Test Questions; Chapter 6: LEAPS Protective Puts and Collars; The Inevitable Tax Complication; The Protective Put; Pros and Cons of Leaps Puts; The Collar Strategy; Puts As Training Wheels On Your Portfolio; Pros and Cons of Leaps Collars. Self-Test QuestionsChapter 7: A Year-End LEAPS Tax Strategy; The Thanksgiving-Christmas-Super Bowl Spread; Getting Back Into The Long Stock Position; Flexibility in Year-End Strategies; Flexibility For Larger Portfolios; Self-Test Questions; Glossary. |