Listed-option

This book is intended (more or less) for a person beginning in options. Its no "walk in the woods" but considering the abstruseness of both the subject and the other books on the topic I have scanned, it's near the top of the class. I think, it may also be somewhat more understandable than the Option Industry Council's - Option's Toolbox CD. This whole area has been poorly explained to the beginner for the most part, which is why options are not much more widely used despite their potential for leverage and risk reduction.

A concise, useful, and comprehensive overview of futures trading. It was quite appropriate for a beginner.

Of the ten + options books that I have read, this was my first, and it is the best. I still refer to it often. Most of the other books are either too technical or too simplistic. This engages the reader with practical examples and descriptions of the types of trades that the novice to intermediate investor will use most. I heartily recommend it.

This slim green book is a study guide, yet it offers real world examples, chapters on simple option strategies and presents its ideas in clear, short chapters. It is still options 101, not hype 101 (for that entertaining course, see Wade Cook's Wall St. Money Machine).

But the low cost book will serve you as well as Natenber's big green bible on Option Volatility, or Kolb's thick black finance course called Understanding Options.

This book is easy to follow and gives you enough information to get started. After reading this book, I felt confident enough to start option trading. However, this book doesn't talk about option price models.

The book starts out explaining the basics of options and then goes on to explain spreads, straddles and strangles, hedging, repair strategy, and a brief discussion of leaps. For a middle of the road investor it brought to light several strategies that I'd been trying to understand. Making me a more informed investor.