Trading Options -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Identifying and Understanding the Trend -- Chapter 1 Identifying the Major Trend -- Market Influencers and Intermarket Relationships -- Significant Market Ratios -- The S&P 500 versus Emerging Markets -- U.S. Treasuries versus Junk Bonds -- S&P 500 versus U.S. Treasuries -- Silver to Gold Ratio -- Shanghai Composite to S&P 500 Ratio -- Other Indicators -- Sentiment -- Trend Tools -- Momentum and Other Indicators -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Sector Review Analysis -- Case Study: Sector Ranking -- Relative Strength -- Conclusion -- Part II Technical Analysis for Identifying Individual Stocks -- Chapter 3 Classical Technical Analysis -- Support and Resistance -- Patterns -- Flags -- Head and Shoulders -- Diamonds -- Channels -- Cup and Handle -- Triangles -- Rising Wedge -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Japanese Candlestick Patterns -- Reversal Patterns -- Hammer/Hanging Man -- Bullish Engulfing/Bearish Engulfing -- Dark Cloud Cover/Piercing Line -- Stars -- Continuation Patterns -- Three Advancing White Soldiers/Three Black Crows -- Rising and Falling Three Methods -- Indecision Candles -- Doji -- Spinning Top -- Harami -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Derived and Quantitative Analysis -- Fibonacci Analysis -- Harmonic Trading -- Elliott Wave -- Andrews' Pitchfork -- Point and Figure, Gann, and Wyckoff -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Price Derivatives, Momentum, and Other Indicators -- Relative Strength Index (RSI) -- Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) Indicator -- Bollinger Bands -- Moving Averages -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Watch List and Initial Plan -- Create the Mosaic -- Other Information -- The Plan -- Conclusion -- Part III Options Strategies -- Chapter 8 Introduction to Options -- Definitions -- Expiration and Exercise -- Contract Size -- Price Terminology -- Why Use Options.

How Different from Stock -- Options Tables -- Some Basics Applied -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Options Combinations -- Covered Call or Buy Write -- Long a Put or Call -- Short a Put or Call -- Long a Put Spread or Call Spread -- Short a Put Spread or Call Spread -- Long a Ratio Put or Call Spread -- Long or Short a Calendar -- Long or Short a Diagonal -- Long or Short a Butterfly -- Long or Short a Straddle -- Long or Short a Strangle -- Long or Short an Iron Condor -- Long or Short a Risk Reversal -- Conclusion -- Part IV Design and Execution -- Chapter 10 The Elements of Design -- The Elements -- Position Sizing and Stop Losses -- The Process Starts with Goals -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Trading Plan -- What to Look For -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Execution and Beyond -- Execution -- Hedging, Profit Taking, and Adjustments -- Hedging -- Profit Taking -- Adjustments -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Additional Resources -- About the Companion Website -- About the Author -- Index.