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RUSSELL RHOADS is an instructor for the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He conducts about ninety classes a year and, in addition, conducts webinars on behalf of the CBOE and a variety of brokerage firms. Rhoads's twenty-year trading career included positions at a variety of trading firms and hedge funds. His background includes trading and analysis, and he is author of Candlestick Charting For Dummies. Rhoads graduated the University of Memphis with a MS in finance and has a master's certificate in financial engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Option Spread TRADING

When dealing with option spreads, you're looking to purchase oneoption in conjunction with the sale of another option. If managedproperly, these spreads can provide experienced investors with thepotential for significant returns without undertaking a great dealof risk.

Option Spread Trading provides a comprehensive, yeteasy-to-understand explanation of this approach, and shows you howto select the best spread strategy for any market condition.Opening with an informative introduction that covers essentialoption knowledge, the "Greeks," and much more, this practical guidequickly moves on to discuss a variety of spread strategies and howyou can use them to capture consistent profits. Page by page,it:

• Highlights all manner of spreads, from calendar and ratiospreads to bull and bear spreads

• Addresses how you can monitor and adjust an existing spreadposition and provides tips on exiting a spread trade

• Includes examples to test and reinforce your knowledge of theconcepts presented

Written by Russell Rhoads—an instructor for the OptionsInstitute at the CBOE—Option Spread Trading containspractical guidance that will allow you to successfully incorporatethis proven approach into your everyday trading endeavors.

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The options industry has experienced incredible growth in recentyears. With multiple exchanges now vying for orders from thepublic, the speed of execution has increased while the cost oftrading options has decreased. This has leveled the playing fieldto the point where individual traders can not only compete in theoptions arena, but also capture consistent profits.

Nobody understands this better than author RussellRhoads—an instructor for the Options Institute at theCBOE—who has helped thousands of people successfullyincorporate various options strategies into their everyday tradingendeavors.

Now, with Option Spread Trading, he shares his extensiveexperience in this field and reveals what it takes to put the powerof option spreads to work for you. Before getting into a detaileddiscussions of spread trades, this reliable resource opens with aquick overview of essential option knowledge, lays out themechanics of putting on very basic positions involving two tradinginstruments, explores different approaches to creating similarpayoffs, and covers the "Greeks."

From there, you'll be introduced to a variety of spreadstrategies, with each chapter focusing on a specific one, anddiscover how to choose and use the best strategies for certainsituations.

• STRADDLES

• STRANGLES

• BULL AND BEAR SPREADS

• BUTTERFLY SPREADS

• CONDOR SPREADS

• RATIO SPREADS

• BACKSPREADS

• CALENDAR SPREADS

• DIAGONAL SPREADS

Rounding out this comprehensive guide to option spread tradingare some specialized chapters that address the concept ofDelta-neutral trading—with an example of how market makersbasically use isolating price risk when providing liquidity to themarket place—and the issues involved in executing a spreadtrade.

Designed in a modular format with each chapter laid out in asimilar fashion, including examples of how each spread would beconstructed and key levels to focus on, Option SpreadTrading is a flexible guide that will help you get the most outof every option you trade.