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Summary: A great primer for the new and the experienced
Review: Being new to options trading, I read several books on the subject and would have to say that this book provides the easiest to read and understand explanation of the basics. It also promotes a conservative style of trading which assures the new trader will not kick off their options experience by some bad large, losing trades. While the book deals with the basics in a easy style, it also tackles more advanced techniques for those who progress quicker.
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Summary: A valuable and easy-to-understand primer
Review: Especially in these volatile times in the stock market, Hecht's book is extremely valuable reading for investors. Using plain language, Hecht explains how investors can hedge and pursue less risky strategies with stock options. Those who have some familiarity to investing in the stock market will have no trouble understanding Hecht's presentation of what is often difficult material. His book makes it easy for conservative investors, and those who want to pursue less risky approaches, to make stock options a part of their investment strategy. Thanks to Hecht's book, stock options are now an integral part of my approach to the market, and I'm benefitting handsomely.
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Summary: A valuable and easy-to-understand primer
Review: Especially in these volatile times in the stock market, Hecht's book is extremely valuable reading for investors. Using plain language, Hecht explains how investors can hedge and pursue less risky strategies with stock options. Those who have some familiarity to investing in the stock market will have no trouble understanding Hecht's presentation of what is often difficult material. His book makes it easy for conservative investors, and those who want to pursue less risky approaches, to make stock options a part of their investment strategy. Thanks to Hecht's book, stock options are now an integral part of my approach to the market, and I'm benefitting handsomely.
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Summary: not for the beginner
Review: I found this book to confusing and the writer did not spend enough time on the basics. All this book did was turn me off to options.
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Summary: This was a big help
Review: I'm in a field related to economics, but I always found stock options difficult to understand. This book made it reasonably easy, and the examples were great. Also I found the illustrations very helpful, I guess because I have a visual memory. I've been using the ideas in this book, and even in this volatile market I've done well.
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Summary: Great for Beginners
Review: The author writes in an easy conversational style which makes a potentially complicated subject quite understandable. He has a relatively conservative approach which, especially in a volatile market like we're currently in, makes an investor far more comfortable than some of the more aggressive, dangerous uses of options. The step-by-step way he walks the reader through the examples adds to the clarity of the book. I found it very helpful.
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Summary: How to Make Money with Stock Options
Review: This book gave me tremendous insight into the options market and how to evaluate puts and calls. The strategies that Mr. Hecht uses are informative and gave me a place to start, enabling me to create my own ideas. I knew nothing of options before reading this book. I feel very comfortable with my understanding of the subject at present and have now used options as a part of my investing tools.
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Summary: How to Make Money with Stock Options
Review: This book gave me tremendous insight into the options market and how to evaluate puts and calls. The strategies that Mr. Hecht uses are informative and gave me a place to start, enabling me to create my own ideas. I knew nothing of options before reading this book. I feel very comfortable with my understanding of the subject at present and have now used options as a part of my investing tools.
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Summary: Adequate, but examples could be better
Review: This book was my introduction to options trading. It offers a decent introduction to the subject, and got me to the point where I was comfortable doing a couple of trades. However, the descriptions of all possible outcomes of each trading strategy are rather sparse, as are the reasons behind why you would want to use each strategy. Also, the graphical illustrations of the strategies are quite primitive. Finally, there are many typos; the book definitely could be better edited. One should also note that the author is VERY conservative--if you buy small-cap stocks on your own, he may be too conservative for you.
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Summary: Finally, an easy to understand book for the novice investor!
Review: This book will really help novice investors like me to quickly understand the risks and rewards form investing in stock options. It's concise and easy to read. Within 10 hours of reading, I had a good understanding of appropriate option investments and when the risks of certain types of option investments far outweigh the potential rewards.
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