As CEO of Velez Capital Management, and cofounder of Pristine.com, Oliver Velez has dedicated his life to spreading the message that you, too, can make a living as a trader. Traders often attend his educational seminars multiple times in order to take-in the vast amount of information this legendary trader discloses. We've found that the combination of written word and visual presentation is the best way for you to master a subject. That's why this unique DVD/Course Book package is the perfect way to maximize your trading skills. It includes a full-length DVD of Velez's famed Options Trading Seminar, as well as a Course Book, where every ounce of information from the lecture has been translated into an easy-to-read, classic textbook form. You also get access to online self tests to make sure you absorb every bit of valuable information. Master the exciting, profitable niche of options trading. With this course, you'll learn: Option Trading Tactics: See how Velez uses various strategies to maximize returns, minimize risk, hedge, and speculate. Predict Price Movement Accurately: Know what stocks may do in the upcoming days and weeks. This is they only way you will make money in options. Market Analysis Strategies: Velez will show you why technical analysis is the key to options success and how to use this knowledge to take advantage of marketplace imperfections. A New Approach to Trading Psychology and Discipline: Discover the Pristine Method of "core trading" and Velez's ground breaking explanation of how the stock market works today. Develop Your Own Strategy: Create then follow a strict trading plan-one that will allow you to play the market without burning through cash! Use Option Trading Tactics Course Book, and, within no time, you'll be a more confident and profitable options trader than you ever thought possible.

This authoritative guide offers an easy-to-understand, fundamental explanation of the goals and objectives of each player involved in the options trade. Along with this tactical information, traders will gain insight into trading strategies and options concepts. Includes coverage of EAPs, CAPs, and industry indexes.

Presents today's most effective strategies for trading options :how and why they work, when they're appropriate, when they're inappropriate, and how to use each one responsibly and with confidence. This book will help you identify and implement the optimal strategy for every opportunity, trading environment, and goal.

An A to Z options trading guide for the new millennium and the new economy Written by professional trader and quantitative analyst Euan Sinclair, Option Trading is a comprehensive guide to this discipline covering everything from historical background, contract types, and market structure to volatility measurement, forecasting, and hedging techniques. This comprehensive guide presents the detail and practical information that professional option traders need, whether they're using options to hedge, manage money, arbitrage, or engage in structured finance deals. It contains information essential to anyone in this field, including option pricing and price forecasting, the Greeks, implied volatility, volatility measurement and forecasting, and specific option strategies. Explains how to break down a typical position, and repair positions Other titles by Sinclair: Volatility Trading Addresses the various concerns of the professional options trader Option trading will continue to be an important part of the financial landscape. This book will show you how to make the most of these profitable products, no matter what the market does.

The key concepts and essential strategies behind the successful use of options Written by Simon Vine, a seasoned trader who has over ten years of experience on Wall Street under his belt, Options is the definitive book on options for traders, investors, and risk professionals. Options provides a step-by-step approach to trading, hedging, and investing using options, and shares the key concepts essential to successful options use. Options also explores how to use a wide variety of options strategies and shows readers how to select the strategy that best fits their own psychological risk profile. Filled with real-world examples and proven strategies, this invaluable resource will be of interest to all professionals-and newcomers-who'd like to exploit options for strategic advantage, risk management, or profit. Simon Vine (Moscow, Russia) is deputy head of the investment banking division at Alfa Bank, the largest private financial institution in Russia. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from the Institute for Finance and Economics in Moscow.

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.

Provides a thorough discussion of volatility, the most important aspect of options trading. Shows how to identify mispriced options and to construct volatility and "delta neutral" spreads.

Increased marketplace volatility and the expanding size of capital markets have led to an explosion of interest in options on futures. What makes these instruments so attractive is that they allow traders to profit from movements in the markets using little up-front capital and plenty of leverage. At the same time, they provide an excellent hedge against the risks associated with capital market investments. This book demystifies these notoriously difficult-to-understand instruments and provides state-of-the-art strategies and tools for making the most of options on futures. John F. Summa (New Haven, CT) is a CTA and cofounder of OptionsNerd.com, an online service providing market commentary, trading advisories, and assistance with trading system development. Jonathan Lubow (Randolph, NJ) is cofounder and Vice President of Trader's Edge, a futures and options brokerage.

Spread trading—trading complex, multi-leg structures--is the new frontier for the individual options trader. This book covers spread strategies, both of the limited-risk and unlimited-risk varieties, and how and when to use them. All eight of the multi-leg strategies are here: the covered-write, verticals, collars and reverse-collars, straddles and strangles, butterflies, calendar spreads, ratio spreads, and backspreads. Vocabulary, exercises and quizzes are included throughout the book to reinforce lessons. Saliba, Corona, and Johnson are the authors of Option Strategies for Directionless Markets.

Oliver Velez, co-founder of Pristine.com and current CEO of Velez Capital Management, is renowned for his effective trading skills and specialized knowledge in technical analysis. His educational seminars are sought after by traders and often attended multiple times to extract every piece of wisdom from his presentations. Now, one of his most legendary sessions jumps from the screen into your hands in this coursebook of Velez's famed Swing Trading techniques. With detailed text and a vivid 90-minute DVD, you'll explore and master a highly profitable niche that exploits the two- to five-day holding period – a method too brief for large institutions, too lengthy for day traders, yet perfectly suited for individual investors with a mind towards success. In his captivating, high-energy style, Velez shows you how to: Spot opportunities using proven swing trading criteria; Define periods of market uncertainty and make the right moves; Discover key set-ups and effectively use moving averages; Read charts successfully, especially Japanese Candlesticks; Win by going against conventional trading wisdom; Understand and profit from understanding market psychology. Only in this book/DVD course combination will you be able to fully absorb the wealth of material that Oliver Velez is set up to offer. The easy-to-understand definitions and eye-opening self-tests bring the information to you and the power to your trades. Don't end up on the wrong side of the market. Swing Trading is the perfect tool for the investor who wants to understand the forces that shape the trading arena. This presentation has been viewed live and on DVD by hundreds of thousands of traders. Now you can use this course to rise above the impulse of novice traders. It's the best way to master the cycles and win consistent profits.