Great guide for those who want to get started with Stock Options
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I've done quite a bit of investing over the years and I read a lot of books on investing to keep myself sharp. This book is a great introduction to what options are and how they work. The book is well written, clear, and easy to understand. The book isn't huge or comprehensive and only covers a few strategies, but it's enough to get you started to see if options are something you want to study more.
4239275
Very good explanation of option trading advantages for beginners and experienced traders.  I will tell all my friends and trading partners to read this book.
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I'd recommend this book to anyone that has traded a few options in their past.  The title sounds hokey but I skimmed thru the book at the bookstore and decided to buy it from Amazon.  The strategies, writing style, and explanations from the author are outstanding.  He shows you some solid strategies, explains them thoroughly, and looks at the trade from every conceivable angle so you'll know what your maximum profit or loss might be.  He also show you how he computes and uses probabilities before he selects an option to trade.  I got a lot out of the book and am paper trading his strategies as I write this.  +++
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Anyone who is interested in stocks and trading, Day Trading is the book for you. It's chock full of useful tips and advice on trading. This is a good book for those just getting started in the stock market.  The stock market  can be a bit overwhelming, however, this book covers the basics, with tips on studying your options as well as strategies for trading and managing money. Let's face it, we could all use a little help when it comes to managing our money. I really liked the fact that everything is broken down, step by step and it's easy to follow along. Day Trading will help you  take that first step in investing in your financial well being.
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Peter Leeds does a great job of laying out specific tips and strategies for entering into the realm of trading penny stocks. Once a type of stock that was frowned upon and scoffed at, the opportunity for large gains have recently brought them more into the mainstream.
  Mr. Leeds helpfully categorizes his information according to the perspective readers skill level (Which was great for a newer investor like myself). Even suggesting that the reader skip certain sections if they are past a certain knowledge level. His aptly named "Leeds Analysis", a thorough, methodical process that potential penny stock investments are put through, is a great model potential investors can use in choosing their own penny stock investments wisely. If you're interested in getting to the realm of penny stocks this a great introduction and guide that will help you avoid pitfalls and hopefully lead you on your way to making great financial gains.
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The world of derivatives can seem complicated for newbies, especially options. If there is a thorough way to learn about them, this is it! The book is 1000 pages and consists of 7 parts and 42 chapters. It starts off with basic definitions and determinants of options such as strike price, expiration, series, counterparties, dividends, interest rate etc.  Then author has systematically simplified the various strategies of trading in different chapters, making it easy to refer and re-read. It includes everything about options; types, strategies, formulae, pricing, Greeks etc. Since, the details can seem overwhelming to some, he writes his perspective in simple language to make things easy. You won't have to read any other book on options if you have properly gone through this one.
This is definitely a reference book and it is recommended to:

 Investors
 Traders
 Arbitrageurs
 Hedgers
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This is a great guide to stock trading! It gives a lot of information on the subject and is very comprehensive in the matter. I am new to stock trading and this is a good introduction for those who are new to the subject. Great book!
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I have read dozens of trading books including "Tensile Trading", "Understanding LEAPS", "How to Make a Million Dollars Trading Options", and "Rule #1" among many others. This book will be up there with some of the best. There seems to be very few books out (currently) that relate to options trading, and using options as a means for profiting from arbitrage as opposed to simply hedging shares you might own.

This book is short, and I was skeptical when I first received it because of its length. However, the shorter format actually made it refreshing to read. It was jam packed with valuable information, and did not reiterate simple concepts aimlessly like many other trading or stock oriented books. While this may be necessary for some, for me it is not so I quite enjoyed the "to the point" format that Kyle presents the material in.

I do have some knowledge of options and stock trading in general, including technical analysis. I still learned a good amount from this book and plan to reread it and utilize what I learned when I start dabbling in options. The graphics in the book can be hard to read (especially those of an options chain) but under good lighting I was able to see everything fine. If you have bad eyesight, this may be an issue for you.

Overall, I loved this book and I am looking forward to anything else that Kyle may release in the future (regarding trading). I was a little disgruntled that it arrived slightly bent, but I know this was just the shipping method and likely USPS fault.
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At last, an easy to understand, well written options primer which delivers.  This little book has done more to improve my investment
results than anything I have read this year.  I am still going back to it, months after purchase, to help me develop better trading
strategies.
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I think this book is written for those who already have some trading experience, but in my opinion it will also help launch a great start for newbies.

Different from quite many books on stock market trading, this one does not use overly technical terms, so the basic 'money-making' foundation is very easy to digest.

I always like learning different strategies than what I commonly use. It will certainly take some time to prove the effectiveness of a strategy, but I'm convinced that the strategy presented in the book suits my need. Anyhow, the book really gives more than mere investing guidelines.

Worth reading, worth trying. Some established investors might not agree with the approach, but then this might benefit those who agree :)
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I appreciated this book because even though I am relatively new to trading, it gave me a solid understanding of how to trade options. When I first started trading I thought that options were so much more complex and risky than futures or shares. I have read a couple of other books on options and was still left confused. This is why I found this book so helpful, because it explained all the concepts in plain English and I found I was easily able to apply what I had read. I gained confidence by working through the practical examples and seeing that I had successfully answered the questions at the end of each chapter. This really helped when it came to placing my first option trades.

I am glad I came across this book because it made learning about options such an enjoyable read and I now find that options give me a lot more flexibility and profitability with my trading.
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For those considering jumping into the market or  for those already making investments, this book offers the reader the opportunity to see how a top-notch trader observes the market and then, based on those observations and the analysis that follows, why he makes his real option  trades. It's  not often that one is  offered such a detailed account  of the thinking which leads to a trader's decisions, but this book does exactly that. Although it's tempting to go immediately to the book's conclusion to see how Mr. Fotopoulos fared in the market over a twelve month time frame, I decided  that the  better approach would be to read the book, chapter by chapter, and I was glad I did.
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While many people understand the basics of investing in the stock market, the options market creates a whole additional level of complexities and intricacies.  In this book, Michael does a great job of explaining the basics to the layman who is looking to get started, but doesn't know where to start.  Further, he expands on basic strategies that can be used after identifying potential trade opportunities.

If you've ever dabbled in options, but felt a bit clueless, or if you have heard all about options, but haven't the slightest clue what your "options" are, this is a great read to get you started in the right direction.
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I knew nothing about the penny stock market but wanted to learn about it because I've heard people made some decent money trading in it and it's not a huge of an investment to get started in it.
This book is perfect for someone like me that wants to get into it but doesnt know much at all about it.
It has a lot of beginner information which is fantastic, it tells y ou what different stock types there are, why companies sell stock, the difference between trading and investing, etc.
It's a great read if you want to get started in the stock market.
I would make a comparison to this with the "for dummies" type of books.
I would recommend this to any stock market beginner like myself.
I received this product free in exchange for an honest review.
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This book is packed with great information on both investing for the longer term and short term trading.  I'll be following his advice to use "paper money" to practice investing on paper first to have a better chance of success once I use real money.  I'm very impressed.  A couple of small things I didn't like was the questionable association to some of the resources he recommends.  But even if he owned them outright it wouldn't be a big deal.  He does have a newsletter that costs about $200 a year which I'll probably subscribe to.

The best thing about this book for me personally is I discovered how interesting this type of investing is to me.  I think it will actually be fun doing the research on prospective companies.
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I found this book to be very helpful. I am rather new to options trading so I really liked the sections about secrets and the different strategies. I could find a lot of value in this book and therefore recommend it to everybody who is starting out with options trading and needs some help.
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This was a fantastic book for the person who has never done any options trading.  It provides very basic information about definitions of terms and the basic strategies.  The book is short enough to read in a day and is easy to understand.  I keep this book handy and particular pages tabbed to use as a reference when I read other books or am doing research on my options trading for practice.  Still haven't perfected it - yet! :)