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    What About Options?: A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading
    What About Options?: A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading
    What About Options?: A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading
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    What About Options?: A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading

    By B P Terence TEO

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    "What About Options? - A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading" is written specifically for the beginner who wants a concise and wholesome understanding of options and how to correctly employ this financial instrument profitably.

    Over the last 20 years, I have accumulated a wide range of investment and trading experiences on equities, options, futures, forex and commodities in both the US and Asian markets. Offering this book to interested readers and option students is my way of giving back to society, the knowledge on options that I first gained from others who shared with me previously; the authors, peers and colleagues. For this reason, this book is made available economically.

    It is also written empathically for the beginning option students who understandably are often confused by this topic. As such, I have expensed effort to ensure option terminologies are precisely explained, so as to prevent jargon from discouraging the learning process or dampening the interest in this subject.

    One of the objectives of this book is to demystify options and assists option students in getting over the resistances to learn this financial instrument. To achieve this, the contents may appear to be overly simplified, but I assure you that the simplest of things are sometimes the hardest to explain.

    My sincere advice to all serious option students is not to overlook the fundamentals of options, which are the building blocks to comprehending complex option strategies. It is best to adopt a healthy attitude towards this continuous learning process, which entails constant reading and researching parties.

    Enjoy this journey in discovering about options.

    Thank you for reading.

    ~ Author - TEO B P Terence

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherB P Terence TEO
    Release dateDec 7, 2011
    ISBN9781465850706
    What About Options?: A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading
    Author

    B P Terence TEO

    TEO, B P Terence possesses a Computer Science degree from The National University of Singapore. He read Quantity Analysis, Advance Financial Statistics, Business Contractual Law, Financial Accounting, and other post graduate courses with the Graduate School of Business, The National University of Singapore. Terence has over 20 years of professional working experience in government and private sectors, including investment experiences in options, equities, commodities, futures, forex and indexes markets in Asia and United States. From 2010-2013, he managed a private equity funds, during which, this book was written and published.. In the 2011 CNBC Million Dollar Porfolio Challenge, Terence ranked top 0.05% of more than 650,000 participants. In another competition, at the World Money Show held in London, Terence secured a top spot trading forex. Today, he actively trades and invests in options on indexes, indexes and commodities futures and forex.

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      What About Options? - B P Terence TEO

      What About Options?

      By TEO B P Terence

      A Prelude to

      Profitable Options Trading

      2011 (Edition 1)

      Knowledge Creates Wealth (Vol. 1)

      Copyright 2011 by TEO B P Terence

      Published at Smashwords

      Dedicated to my lovely wife, Pey Chin

      &

      To all my readers

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Copyright and Terms of Use

      PREFACE

      OPTIONS IN A NUTSHELL

      BASIC CALLs & PUTs

      MONEY-ness

      DYMYSTEFYING OPTION STRATEGIES

      OPTION STRATEGY – LONG RATIO SPREADS

      ADVANCE OPTION STRATEGY – LONG BUTTERFLY

      BRIEFLY ABOUT LONG CONDOR

      OPTION GREEKS

      EPILOGUE

      About the Author

      COPYRIGHT & TERMS OF USE

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      Copyright © 2011 by TEO, BP Terence. All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced in any media or form without the expressed permission of the author in writing. Requests should be made to the author whose email is located at the epilogue section.

      This publication is designed to provide accurate and introductory information in regard the subject matter covered. It is made available with the understanding that the publisher/author is not engaged in rendering professional and/or financial services. If professional or financial advice is required, the services of a competent financial/professional person should be sought.

      The publisher/author is entirely not liable for any damages arising from the use of the information in this book.

      Smashwords License Statement

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author

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      PREFACE

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      What About Options? - A Prelude to Profitable Options Trading is written specifically for the beginner who wants a concise and wholesome understanding of options and how to correctly employ this financial instrument profitably.

      Over the last 20 years, I have accumulated a wide range of investment and trading experiences on equities, options, futures, forex and commodities in both the US and Asian markets. Offering this book to interested readers and option students is my way of giving back to society, the knowledge on options that I first gained from others who shared with me previously; the authors, peers and colleagues. For this reason, this book is made available economically.

      It is also written empathically for the beginning option students who understandably

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