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Trading Options to Win S. A. Johnston

Trading Options to Win By S. A. Johnston

Trading Options to Win by S. A. Johnston


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In this unique and engaging treatise on the art and science of speculation, the author combines the profitable elements of banking, bookmaking, and gambling-three other ways of making money with money-with trading, to provide readers with a fresh new approach to trading the market.

Trading Options to Win Summary

Trading Options to Win: Profitable Strategies and Tactics for Any Trader by S. A. Johnston

A fresh investment approach to an ever-changing market

In this unique and engaging treatise on the art and science of speculation, expert S. A. Johnston combines the profitable elements of banking, bookmaking, and gambling-three other ways of making money with money-with trading, to provide readers with a fresh new approach to trading the market. Written by a trader for a trader, Trading Options to Win gives readers a framework for using logical analysis to uncover profitable opportunities that they would otherwise miss. Johnston develops a speculative method that traders can use to consistently find and manage profitable trades. He then backs his talk up by detailing three months worth of trades using his successful method. For investors looking to move beyond the realms of technical and fundamental analysis, Trading Options will be the guide of choice.

S. A. Johnston is a systems analyst and designer by profession. His company, Software Systems, specializes in inventory optimization and control systems for business. Under the tutelage of Fredric B. Fitch and Richmond Thomason, he became the first graduate of Yale to receive a BA in logic.

About S. A. Johnston

S.A. JOHNSTON is a systems analyst and designer by profession. His company, Software & Systems, specializes in inventory optimization and control systems for business. Johnston attended Yale, operating a part-time sports book and appearing on quiz programs to earn tuition. In 1972, under the tutelage of Fredric B. Fitch and Richmond Thomason, he became the first graduate of Yale to receive a BA in formal logic. In 1992, after observing the collapse of the ERM, the unfortunate forerunner of the Euro, he became interested in the analysis of risk and began formulating the beginnings of a methodical and risk-controlled approach to trading in the markets.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Chapter 1. Making Money with Money.

Chapter 2. On the Trail of a Method: Risk, Leverage, and Markets.

Chapter 3. Profitability 101: Expectation and Options.

Chapter 4. Just the Facts, Ma'am: Avoiding Moonshine, Morons, and Myths.

Chapter 5. No Hammer, No House: The Tools of the Trader.

Chapter 6. Thomas More's Revenge: A Strategy for All Seasons.

Chapter 7. Apocalypse Never: The Uses of Defense.

Chapter 8. Don't Just Stand There, Do Something: The Straddle.

Chapter 9. Don't Just Do Something, Stand There: The Strangle.

Chapter 10. Hi-Yo, Yogi!: Riding the Bear.

Chapter 11. The King of Strategies: The Martian Ratio-Spread.

Chapter 12. Every Once in a While: The Picador.

Chapter 13. Pay Me after Lunch: The Endplay.

Chapter 14. Filling in the Cracks: Ideas, Understanding, and Winning.

Appendix A: Studies of Historical Gross Movement in Selected Markets, 1990-2002.

Appendix B. Distribution of Contract Highs and Lows in Selected Markets 1980-2002.

Index.

Additional information

GOR007679980
9780471226857
0471226858
Trading Options to Win: Profitable Strategies and Tactics for Any Trader by S. A. Johnston
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20030704
306
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