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Many traders and investors dismiss stock options as either too complex or too risky. But did you know that options can be easily understood and the risk easily managed? This book will show you the basics of stock options in easy to understand terminology. You will be able to read option quotes with ease, get an option enabled trading account, and trade basic option strategies in no time.

In Trading Stock Options, experienced option trader Brian Burns explains the basics of stock options and shows you how to trade the most successful option strategies. As you begin your journey on the option path, you'll have the luxury of real-life trade examples to show you the way. The diagrams and charts help turn the complex world of options into easy to visualize and simple to understand strategies that even the most novice of traders can utilize.

Trading Stock Options will show you how you can use options to:
* Get paid to buy and sell your favorite stock
* Purchase stocks for less than their current price
* Buy insurance on stocks in your portfolio
* Profit when stocks lose value
* Perform short-term trades with less money than trading the stock

User Reviews about Trading Stock Options: Basic Option Trading Strategies and How to Use Them to Profit in Any Market

It's easy to understand why so many people are deathly afraid of trading stock options. The novice investor unfamiliar with options trading can pick up most books on the subject and conclude, "Wow, this is way over my head". Not so with TRADING STOCK OPTIONS by Brian Burns. This is the best book I have seen on learning the fundamentals of options trading.

Chapter 1 is a basic introduction to options and Burns keeps it simple so any investor should come away with a basic knowledge of the subject. Chapter 2 is a brief overview of options pricing and the Greeks.

Chapter 3 is the bulk of the book and covers actual trading examples and strategies. The reader will follow step by step how to make covered calls, long calls, long puts, straddles, strangles and writing puts. New options traders are not going to be ready to make actual trades but can certainly begin paper trading to get a feel for what they don't yet know.

At under 200 pages, this is the best introduction to options trading I have found. I highly recommend this for new traders.
-- A great introduction to Options Trading

One reason that I gave this book 5 stars is because it is full of actual trade data. Burns takes you through his actual trades as they occurred. This is a great way to learn the strategies and I've been recommending the book to people I know. The book is geared for beginners but I found just reading his trades to be interesting in their own account. -- Love the Real Trades

I found the book a good resource for someone who is beginning to venture in to the world of stock options. What I found useful is the actual trading strategies employed by the author. His frank examples of his winners and losers and the strategies applied presented clear and easy examples to understand. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to journey in to the world of option training. -- Sound Stock Option Strategies