Option Reading:
Thomsett, Michael C.: Getting Started In Options, New York, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
Very good, very basic treatment of options.
Bittman, James: Options for the Stock Investor, Burr Ridge, Illinois, Irwin Professional Publishing.
From basic through advanced techniques; software included.
Luft, Carl F. And Sheiner, Richard K.: Understanding and Trading Listed Stock Options, Second Edition,
Burr Ridge, Illinois, Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994. All the basics; worksheets for covered writing and other
strategies; a good starting point.
Kolb, Robert W.: Options: The Investor's Complete Toolkit, New York, N.Y., New York Institute of Finance,
1991.
Theoretical discussion of options accessible to the mathematically challenged; includes software.
The Options Institute: Options: Essential Concepts and Trading Strategies, Second Edition, Burr Ridge,
Illinois, Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994.
By staff and consultants of the CBOE; explores the options market from the perspective of all participants: retail
and institutional investors, market-makers. Basic to intermediate level.
McMillan, Lawrence G.: Options as a Strategic Investment, Third Edition, New York, New York Institute of
Finance, 1992.
The grand-daddy of options books. The complete treatment from intermediate level to advanced.
Roth, Harrison: LEAPS, What They Are and How to Use Them for Profit and Protection, Burr Ridge,
Illinois, Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994.
LEAPS from A to Z. Emphasis on practical applications.
Natenberg, Sheldon: Option Volatility and Pricing, Revised Edition, Burr Ridge, Illinois, Irwin Professional
Publishing, 1994.
Extensive treatment of volatility and advanced strategies as they pertain to commodity options.
Hull, John C..: Options Futures and Other Derivitative Securities, , Second Edition, Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1993.
(Very advanced mathematical material for investors who want to derive their own option formulas.) |
