Trade Options Online 2e

by George A. Fontanills

Book Overview

In this fully updated book, options trading innovator George Fontanills arms you with the knowledge and skills youneed to unleash the phenomenal power of your computer to become a successful online options trader. Following a concise review of the basics of online trading--including hardware and software requirements and essential online resources--Fontanills cuts to the chase with step-by-step coverage of proven managed risk option trading strategies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470336021
• ISBN13: 9780470336021
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Comphrensive Option book w references

Finally a book you can sink your teeth into and getstarted. I've read dozens of trading books where you finish and youwonder what your next step should be. Here the author gives detailed examples of strategies. There are also very few typos or mistakes which to me is most infuriating. You buy a "how to" book and you need a decoder ring to try and figure out what the author really meant because they didn't bother to proof the book. Not so with this book.Chapter 9 was so refreshing! Here the author walks thru step-by-step what his typical trading day would involve. No "well-chosen" examples to fit the author's purpose, just fundamentals that he looks for and where online he looks.The web site reference section alone is worth the price of the book. For me it well save hundreds of hours of World Wide Wait (WWW) searching for relevent sites with good, useful and reliable information. The reference site also had pricing info for those sites that weren't free. It also gave me an idea of what's available out there, Online!There was a lot of educational sites for those remaining questions, like the break down of the "Greeks". These would of been too much to cover in this book and I'm glad the author didn't try to. This book is a great first-step for ONLINE Option traders.Good Luck Trading!PS The author doesn't self promote. He mentions a couple of his own sites amoung the hundreds of sites he references. The reference would be less than complete if he had left out his own sites.

Great reference for how to trade options online

I really liked this book. Devoting itself to internet trading and options it introduces the reader to how to research a trade, apply option strategies and find a broker. It was refreshing to see Mr. Fontanills put his neck out and give an opinion on subjects such as brokers, web sites and rank them for the reader. I have used his suggestions of research tools and have had some success already. I liked the fact that he does not promote himself but instead gives a candid review of his successes and failures as he learned to become a successful options trader.The A-Z of Cyber trading is a complete summary for the reader and designed to be all the option trader needs to know. He does not spend time going through Internet basics assuming that the reader knows that.A valuable resource for any option trading that wants to get the edge for trading online.

Best Cyber-Trading Guide I have yet read

Wow! A book that really delivers the goods.Starting out with Online Investing 101. and moving on to Online Trading Resources Fontanills introduces the world of cyber trading. Then he moves to introduce the options basics strategies. In particular he concentrates on Vertical Spreads. and Covered Writes to show how to trade online.Then he moves to his trademark of Delta Neutral Strategies. The book covers Ratio Spreads and Backspreads, Sideways Spread Strategies. Now we got to the bits that I really was thrilled by the Cybervesting from A to Z. This is a complete analysis of all the investment web sites that options traders need to know. If it is not here then forget it. This is an exhaustive review of all the players on the web for option trading.As a frustrated option trader I was enthralled by his review of all the brokers and their rankings. He is candid and brutal in his rankings. he concentrates on their performance not their marketing. I was surprised by his choice for best broker.He wraps up with good sections on Living Online, Appendices and of course a Glossary. This was a great read that will live on my desk as a reference guide for my trading. It is the Fontanills trademark of being easy to understand, practical and written for the average reader not the PHD. This man can really write so others can grasp the complex strategies that he conveys.I like the candid story of his life, cancer victim, Harvard MBA etc. and now a money manager for a living. Great read and invaluable guide to how to trade options online.Alison Pearlman

The Best Book on Cyber-Trading I've Read Yet!

Finally a book that decodes the complexities of online trading from an option trader's point of view! I was happily surprised by Fontanills' candid reviews of online sites and even more surprised that he boldly rated online brokerages in a top ten list. His writing style was fresh and easy to read, and I applaud his attention to detail. For once, I looked forward to reading an investment book and highly recommend it to anyone who feels overwhelmed by the prospect of joining the online trading revolution!

Great reference for How to Trade Options Online

This is a good book on how to trade options online. I liked the review of the top web sites on the internet for options traders. My broker E-Trade was not in the top 10 - I agree with that as they are out to lunch for options trading. Fontanills, not a broker, expressed a blunt for and against of the brokers. I may change my broker to try his ideas. The top options website reference guide has already become invaluable.I thought this book complimented his Options Course Book that I bought last year. Trade Options Online is a practical guide for every options traders library. I liked it.