Trading Options for Edge : : A Professional Guide to Volatility Trading / / Mark Sebastian, L. Celeste Taylor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Sebastian, Mark,; Taylor, L. Celeste,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 2nd updated and extended edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XV, 214 p.)

If you have experience in option trading, or a strong understanding of the options markets, but want to better understand how to trade given certain market conditions, this is the book for you. Mark Sebastian's new edition will teach trade evaluation, using Greeks, trading various spreads under different market conditions, portfolio-building, and risk management. Sebastian's approach will help traders understand how to find edge, what kind of trade under what conditions will capture edge, and how to create and successfully hedge. The book demonstrates how to structure a portfolio of trades that makes more money with less risk.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Professional Lessons Every Trader Needs to Know -- Chapter 1 Trading in Options -- Chapter 2 Risk Management -- Chapter 3 Market Makers, Risk, and the Individual Trader -- Chapter 4 Volatility -- Chapter 5 What Is Edge? -- Chapter 6 Locking in Edge -- Part 2: Using Spreads -- Chapter 7 A Review of Basic Spreads -- Chapter 8 A Closer Look at Advanced Spreads -- Chapter 9 Adding Edge to Spreads -- Chapter 10 Butterflies and Condors -- Chapter 11 The Front Spread -- Chapter 12 Calendar Spreads -- Part 3: Global Risk and Volatility -- Chapter 13 How a Market Maker Trades -- Chapter 14 Portfolio Greeks -- Chapter 15 Trading Volatility -- Chapter 16 Trading VIX ETPs -- Part 4: Appendix -- Appendix A Important Terms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- About the Authors -- Index