The Options Playbook [Spiral-bound]

Brian Overby and TradeKing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 26, 2007

The Options Playbook was created to demystify option trading and teach investors different option plays for all market conditions.

Editorial Reviews

Review

For latest version of The Options Playbook please search in Amazon for The Options Playbook, Expanded 2nd Edition. Sixty pages of new content has been added to the original playbook. It only sells for $25 on this site. --Brian Overby
TradeKing Senior Options Anaylst and Author of The Options Playbook 1st and 2nd Edition --Brian Overby- TradeKing Senior Options Anaylst and Author of The Options Playbook 1st and 2nd Edition

I think The Options Playbook is outstanding. The structure is logical and informative, and the text is quite amusing. Of course, since Brian is a former colleague, we at CBOE take some of the credit for his creative genius. But we can t take credit for the considerable time and effort that went into writing such a fine book. --Edward L. Provost
Executive Vice President
Chicago Board Options Exchange

I think The Options Playbook is outstanding. The structure is logical and informative, and the text is quite amusing. Of course, since Brian is a former colleague, we at CBOE take some of the credit for his creative genius. --Edward L. Provost
Executive Vice President
Chicago Board Options Exchange

About the Author

Brian Overby is TradeKings Director of Education. He has been in the financial industry since 1992, with a background in market making, retail brokerage, and investment banking. During his career, Mr. Overby has given more than 1,000 seminars worldwide on option trading and composed numerous articles for investor trade publications.
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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 101 pages
• Publisher: TradeKing; 1st edition (August 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979773601
• ISBN-13: 978-0979773600
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Overby is TradeKing's Senior Options Analyst. A veteran of the financial industry since 1992, Brian has served as an option trading specialist for Charles Schwab, a senior staff instructor for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and managed the training department for one of the world's largest market makers, Knight Trading Group. Brian has given over 1,000 seminars worldwide, written numerous articles on option trading and been interviewed by Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, FOX Business News and other financial media.

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Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options: http://www.tradeking.com/ODD.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Bible For Option Trading, November 21, 2007

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Kirk Rains "Opie" (Renton, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Options Playbook (Spiral-bound)

The book lives up to its name. It gives you an easy-to-read breakdown of 30 different option trading strategies, as well as more covering the key factors involved with trading. A gold mine for beginners; a great reference for veterans. Another worth having in your personal library.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes Options very Understandable, September 11, 2007

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Kathryn Collignon ""The Amateur Professio... (Astatula, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Options Playbook (Spiral-bound)

This book is outstanding! I have taken options classes and read a few books on the subject, if I had this book in the first place, I would have saved my self lots of time and some money. It is VERY user friendly, and a little entertaining. Buy a copy for yourself, and one to lend out!
Kathryn, Astatula FL

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Effective, but disappointed, July 4, 2008

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Will Riddle "and Jaime Riddle" (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Options Playbook (Spiral-bound)

Brian Overby is an extremely helpful teacher of the science of options. The videos that he does with the Chicago exchange make this very clear. In addition, his material at TradeKing addresses almost any question you could raise and in a clear and cogent manner.

In this book, you will see laid out in the simplest possible manner all of the major option strategies. It is a very effective introduction to a very complex topic, which is often made more complex by the proliferation of words and superfluous information given in many other books.

I was disappointed for 3 reasons.
1. There was a coupon with the book which would have put money in a TradeKing account for me but I couldn't use it because I already had one. So don't open your account first if you are thinking of it.
2. Although it's great to be simple, it would have been nice to have a little bit more text in this book. Perhaps a FAQ or some very basic chapters on things like money management, etc.
3. For what I got, I felt it was too much. This book should sell for $15. At that price it's really a gem. At $35, it's a bit of an overpriced reference.