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Winning in the Options Market: A Streetwise Trader Shows You How to Outsmart the Pros [Hardcover]

Alan S. Lyons (Author), Allan S. Lyons (Author)
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March 1, 1994
Shows you how to outsmart the pros from the perspective of a street-wise trader. Distinguishes between which options strategies work in theory and which work in reality. Show, why the most popular options strategies do not a work. Reveals three practical, easy-to-implement consistently profitable strategies.


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  • Hardcover: 266 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade; First Edition edition (March 1, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1557384312
  • ISBN-13: 978-1557384317
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,974,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I had hoped for, January 17, 1999
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This review is from: Winning in the Options Market: A Streetwise Trader Shows You How to Outsmart the Pros (Hardcover)
Not the worst book I have read on investments, but certainly not the best. The author spends much of the book explaining why he believes standard option trading techniques are doomed to fail in the long term, but his rationale are at best fuzzy. He does do a decent job of outlining his twist on covered call writing and portfolio hedging, but does a poor job of backing up his claims; uses a lot of statements like 'should create a greater return' than standard methods. Should? I'd like to see a bit more testing than just his gut feel. Overall, a quick read, lots of Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets, and some potentially useful ideas, but be prepared to work out a lot of it on your own.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Starter, October 5, 1998
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This review is from: Winning in the Options Market: A Streetwise Trader Shows You How to Outsmart the Pros (Hardcover)
I found this book insighful and informative for both the novice and experienced trader. I only failed to give it 5 stars because there appear to be a few errors in the spreadsheet code included in the appendices. If anyone has encountered the same problems I would appreciate hearing from them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best options strategy books, May 7, 2006
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This review is from: Winning in the Options Market: A Streetwise Trader Shows You How to Outsmart the Pros (Hardcover)
This book is somewhat out of date. However, it has a great deal of good strategy advice on how to evaluate option positions for risk and for reward. The author provides a straightforward and clear analysis. I recommend it highly. The strategies he proposes are not for small investors interested in playing the options market with a couple of thousand dollars. To achieve adequate diversification, and minimize the impact of transaction costs, one needs to invest a minimum of 30K and better 50K-100K in one of these hedges.
Read this book and you will learn a great deal about the mathematics of risk and reward.
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