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Investment Professional on "Commodity Options" |
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Written by DeCarley Trading LLC
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Monday, 16 February 2009 06:34 |
 'Commodity Options", published by FT Press is now on bookshelves world wide.
Review by Phyllis Feinberg as published by The Investment Professional
Carley Garner and Paul Brittain, coauthors of Commodity Options: Trading and Hedging Volatility in the World’s Most Lucrative Market, have so much confidence in their options trading philosophy that they publish their trades on the Internet and distribute them by e-mail before they execute them in the marketplace. That confidence is palpable throughout Commodity Options, as they describe endless esoteric convolutions of the four basic instruments in trading—long, short, call, and put—and show the risk and reward possibilities of each combination, from strangles and straddles to iron butterflies and iron condors. Garner and Brittain coax readers gently through such complex subjects as leverage, and they particularly shine in the chapter on synthetic swing trading. That method uses a combination of long and short options, including bull call spreads with a naked leg, bear put spreads with a naked leg, ratio call spreads, ratio put spreads, and synthetic options and futures.... Read more of this review of the by clicking here.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 December 2009 07:36 |
The decision to trade online or through a full service broker will undoubtedly make a large impact on your bottom line. However, the impact may or may not be what you had in mind. If you aren’t ready to begin placing your orders online on your own, despite saving money on commission it may be the most costly mistake that you ever make. 
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