Option Trading in Your Spare Time: A Guide to Financial Independence for Women [Paperback]

Wendy Kirkland (Author), Virginia McCullough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2009

This book, geared specifically toward women, describes how to be a successful option trader, even if you hold down a full-time job or are a full-time stay-at-home mom.

While option trading is definitely not a risk-free method of investment, for women who have a few hundred extra dollars that they want to use to break into investing, option trading can be a lucrative way to make money.

This book explains what everything means and how to be an option trader in easy-to-understand, step-by-step ways that makes it great for the beginner or the more advanced investor. It is primarily focused on trading online and tells you what you need to know to better your chances of being successful.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Sphinx Publishing (July 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572487089
• ISBN-13: 978-1572487086
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #35 in Books > Business & Investing > Women & Business

More About the Author

For twenty-five years, Wendy Kirkland was a working partner in a gift shop located in Historic Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC. The business supported her family of three children with a good life, but as Wendy neared retirement age she realized she and her husband Jack had left themselves out of the financial equation. They'd set up a retirement account but over the years others' needs always seemed more pressing and retirement seemed a lifetime away.

Her search and need to take immediate control of her fiancial future brought her to option trading and the financial leverage it offers. Finding the potential to make a full-time income while working on a part-time basis, Wendy has written, along with co-author Virginia MccCullough, OPTION TRADING IN YOUR SPARE TIME to give other women the opportunity to benefit from this income source that can be worked a few hours a week from home or anywhere else.

"Supporting women's empowerment has been a lifetime interest," Wendy says. "I'm thrilled to have found a great way to fulfill that goal by sharing a new, learnable and lucritive way to achieve financial independence."

Testimonial from Best Selling Author, Toni Turner-

As a student of the markets, when I choose an educational book to read, I want it to be well-organized, compelling and timely.

In "Option Trading in Your Spare Time," Wendy Kirkland and Virginia McCullough have accomplished those objectives with excellence.

The authors show readers how the financial markets work and explain technical analysis in a reader-friendly style. Throughout the pages, they weave the fundamentals of stock, ETF and index options trading in an easy-to-understand format. At the book's conclusion, there's an insightful Q & A section that covers questions readers may have about options trading, as well as a comprehensive glossary.

If you are embarking on the road to trading options, "Option Trading in Your Spare Time," definitely belongs on your bookshelf!

Toni Turner, Author
"A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online" 2nd Ed.
"A beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading" 2nd Ed.
"Short-Term Trading in the New Stock Market"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for Options Traders (or women), October 6, 2009

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Michael C. Olvera "MC" (Kaiserslautern, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Option Trading in Your Spare Time: A Guide to Financial Independence for Women (Paperback)

I'm stationed overseas and have limited access to books...this one happened to be the only option trading book around, so I sheepishly picked it up and purchased it. It's great! Not only did it clarify the not-too-easy-to-understand world of options, it taught me a lot about chart reading/technical analysis for my regular stock purchases. Using the information in the book, I've made one options trade, and several stock trades I never would have attempted before, and have made significant gains. Great book, highly recommend it!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It lacks in some areas and shines in others, July 10, 2010

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Terrell Powers (Ocean Springs, MS United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Option Trading in Your Spare Time (Kindle Edition)

I bought this book (kindle version) and found it to be both good and not so good. The information about what options are is adequate. A lot of the book is concerned with chart reading and the authors' take on that subject. Now charts do help you, but a lot of the information she provides is found on the chartschool section [...] (which she gives credit to) and that info is free. As you read the book you'll find you are constantly going to this web site to get a clearer understanding of what she is writing about in the book...some of the strategies are good, but not that revolutionary. I felt I did not get as much out of this book as I thought I would but did learn a few things...oh well, off to my next book on options. Hope it's better.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hope for the Hopeless!, August 13, 2009

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Beverly Jackson "bevjackson" (Asheville NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Option Trading in Your Spare Time: A Guide to Financial Independence for Women (Paperback)

I can hardly believe that this book has actually gotten me in the market, trading options!! I have never, ever, ever understood the stock market principles before, and never even HEARD of trading options until a friend told me she was doing it, and making money. . . so I decided to give it a read. This is a book written by women for women, (or anyone else who might not know the first thing about the stock market and how it works). This is a beginner's dream because even though the information is dense and has to be studied (if you're serious about doing this) it's ALL there. A reference, a text, a manual for the hopeless! I'm trading "virtually" until I know enough to use my own money, and I'm already making a profit, with all my mistakes and my bad trades, I've learned enough to come up on the plus side by about $300 in just a couple of weeks. (and I have lost a lot more than that during the process, so this is a NET gain.) If you want to make some money in your spare time, and you have an affinity for NYT crossword puzzles, Las Vegas, or not working a 9 to 5 job, this is the book for you. Mind grabbing and beautifully written for the sake of getting into the market. It does not cover all the advanced forms of option play. (I'm told this will be in the next book, when I inquired.) But it covers Buys and Puts, the jargon, the strategies, the know how to make your way through the maze that before I thought was incomprehensible. I am grateful to these authors!!!!