Mastering Options: Effective and Profitable Strategies for Traders

by Philip Cooper

If you are a beginner to the world of options, Mastering Options-Effective and Profitable Strategies for Traders is essential for learning the basics of option strategies that will enable you to start making consistently handsome earnings. This book gives the novice a comprehensive understanding of using option investment and hedging strategies successful. The content is aimed primarily at the undergraduate whose ambition is to become either a trader in a financial organization or an online investor through a financial broker's trading platform. It also provides seasoned investors and traders with new insights into using options as an investment tool. The key trading tools available on online trading platforms are explained in enough detail that beginners will be able to understand as well as learn how to invest effectively in the financial markets using options. Chapter by chapter, this book builds a complete understanding of the basic building blocks of investing in options, including common terms, easily understandable case studies and strategies.

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2009

About the author

Philip Cooper was born and educated in the United Kingdom. He began his career with Citibank in London, later transitioning to Athens where he worked as a foreign exchange trader for both Citibank and Chase Manhattan. His expertise in finance led him to serve as the operations manager and foreign exchange trainer at Citibank's Middle East North African Training Centre in Athens and Beirut.
In 1993, Philip was appointed Head of Learning and Education for UBS in North America. After years of success in the banking industry, he co-founded a financial training company, New Learning Developments, in New York City, which specialized in financial education and consulting.
In 1999, Philip returned to London and worked as a training consultant for financial services institutions and the Ministry of Defence. He later moved back to Greece in 2003, developing knowledge databases for online brokerage firms and conducting webinars on foreign exchange and online retail trading.
By 2012, Philip returned to the UK to focus on writing. He has authored several fictional works, including the erotic romance Remembering Jounieh, the science fiction story The Old Woman of Mani, a poetry anthology If I Could Paint Your Picture, and the children's story Sparky The Baby Green Dragon. Additionally, he has published two non-fiction books through a New York publishing house: Mastering Options and Competing in the Financial Markets, which focus on value investing in currencies and options.
Philip’s most recent work is his debut novel, Rape of the Aegean, a gripping political thriller set in Greece. Drawing on historical events, this novel explores a government conspiracy that threatens the European Union and peace between Greece and Turkey, as protagonists Alex Kalfas and Gitta Lehrer fight to save Greece and the stability of Europe.
In his spare time, Philip enjoys movies, playing tennis, reading, traveling in Greece, flying single-engine planes, and participating in quiz competitions.

Reviews

[Kiana Donae · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful collection of melodic poems about love, emotion, loss and life. All poetry lovers should enjoy these pieces. The poems are too long and the rhythm to the poems make them easy to read.