Michael C. Thomsett 
Getting Started in Options 

Discover the Dynamic World of Options Investing

Getting Started In Options

Seventh Edition

Many people fail to capitalize on the potentially lucrative
opportunities that options present, simply because they don’t fully
understand how options work. But with Getting Started in Options,
Seventh Edition, author Michael C. Thomsett looks to change
this.

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Getting Started
in Options, Seventh Edition provides you with a solid foundation in
this field, and will help you become fully familiar with one of
today’s most important investment vehicles. Each page of this
informative guide addresses essential options issues, including how
to:

* Identify your own risk tolerance levels and decide how to
effectively incorporate options into your own portfolio

* Master options terminology and concepts

* Use options in a powerful insurance strategy to protect against
losses in stock investments

* Perform ‘paper trades’ before putting real money at risk

* Utilize the many new online resources available to you

* Understand time values, striking price, and expiration

Besides new examples, updated charts, and timely investor tips,
this latest edition also includes important new chapters that
reflect ongoing innovations within the options market, such as the
many uses of options beyond their obvious buying and selling
functions, different methods available to calculate returns on
options trades, and much more.

You don’t need to be a financial expert to make it in the world of
options, but you do need to be well informed. With Getting Started
in Options, Seventh Edition as your guide you’ll quickly discover
how to make options work for you.

Table of Content

Acknowledgments.

Element Key.

Introduction.

Chapter 1. Calls and Puts: Defining the Field of Play.

Chapter 2. Opening, Closing, Tracking: How It All Works.

Chapter 3. Buying Calls: Maximizing the Rosy View.

Chapter 4. Buying Puts: The Positive Side of Pessimism.

Chapter 5. Selling Calls: Conservative and Profitable.

Chapter 6. Choosing Stocks: Finding the Right Ingredients.

Chapter 7. Strategies in Volatile Markets: Uncertainty as an
Advantage.

Chapter 8. Selling Puts: The Overlooked Strategy.

Chapter 9. Combined Techniques: Creative Risk Management.

Chapter 10. Paper Trading: A Test Run of the Theory.

Chapter 11. Options for Specialized Trading: Leveraging the
Technical Approach.

Chapter 12. Risk and Taxes: Rules of the Game.

Chapter 13. Calculating the Return: A Complex Aspect to
Options.

Glossary.

Recommended Reading.

Index.

About the author

Michael C. Thomsett has written more than sixty books on investing, real estate, business, and management. He is the author of several Wiley books, including the previous six editions of Getting Started in Options, as well as Getting Started in Swing Trading, Getting Started in Fundamental Analysis, Getting Started in Property Flipping, and Getting Started in Rental Income. Thomsett has been a management consultant in the securities industry and is an active options trader.