It takes a special set of trading skills to thrive in today's intensely volatile markets, where point swings of plus or minus 200 points can occur on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis. The Volatility Course arms stock and options traders with those skills. George Fontanills and Tom Gentile provide readers with a deeper understanding of market volatility and the forces that drive it. They develop a comprehensive road map detailing how to identify its ups and downs. And they describe proven strategies and tools for quantifying volatility and confidently developing plans tailored to virtually any given market condition. The companion workbook provides step-by-step exercises to help you master the strategies outlined in The Volatility Course before putting them into action in the markets.
The companion workbook provides step-by-step exercises to help you master the strategies outlined in The Volatility Course before putting them into action in the markets.
Now, in The Index Trading Course Workbook, Fontanills and Gentile offer a wealth of practical exercises that will help further your understanding of index trading, as well as test and apply what you've learned before you take one step into ...
Now, in The Options Course Workbook, Fontanills offers a wealth of practical learning exercises to help further your understanding of stocks and options, as well as test and apply what you've learned before you take your first step into the ...
Indexes that have been created to gauge the performance of stocks based on market capitalization (also known as asset class) include the following: I The Russell 2000 Small Cap Index ($RUT): Often referred to ...
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So, all else being equal, the trader with the greater knowledge will be the more successful. This book, and its companion CD-ROM, will provide that knowledge.
Spending time with a trading legend is usually a dream for most traders, but this is your opportunity to get the inside tactics of one of the most sought-after educators in options.
Russell 3000 Index (large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap): The Russell 3000 Index includes the top 3,000 U.S. equities by market capitalization, resulting in an index that includes large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap names.
Topics covered include: The principles of valuation Static and dynamic replication The Black-Scholes-Merton model Hedging strategies Transaction costs The behavior of the volatility smile Implied distributions Local volatility models ...
This book will show you how to make the most of these profitable products, no matter what the market does.