The Options Playbook: Featuring 40 strategies for bulls, bears, rookies, all-stars and everyone in between.

The book goes over every option strategy that you will ever need for whatever situation. It explains, graphs, and walks you through each in good detail. It always mentions the best, worst, and medium outcomes for each strategy, as well as the effects of time and price. 2 things I wish I would have seen in the book: - real examples of each strategy in use (or well, at least the most relevant ones) - more explanation of the greeks and examples of them (it barely touches on gamma at all for example, but then again that's the least important of the greeks) Yet the book does tell you in the beginning that it will do neither of those two things, so bummer. Everything else it does a great job at though. I think this is a must have for new, intermediate, or advanced options traders. You will certainly go back to it over and over again as a reference guide. The book is well worth the price. Pay up.

A great introduction to important concepts involved in trading options and a great overview of the various strategies.

PURCHASED: June 16, 2016. As an experienced trader (of not just Options), I found this to be a neat "table" reference. It's on my bookshelf and serves as a means to occasionally confirm the potential options strategy (or strategies) being tossed around in my mind. It's also a good easy reference to confirm what someone else is saying about their trade or strategy no matter how complex it is. WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT - HUGE printed pages, large diagrams, very easy to read, straightforward. Tons of option plays described in good basic detail - like a neat massive a "Rolodex" card file of option plays. In the grand scheme of things, it's cheaper than a single $0.15 stock option contract, AFTER commissions...and it doesn't expire - so what's there to lose, eh? WHAT's NOT SO GREAT ABOUT IT - HUGE printed pages - that is, in some ways I wish I got the Kindle edition! It would be much easer to search, as well as handle the Kindle Edition. Then again, my eyes aren't so good anymore, and I still like flipping paper pages (reminds me why I'm not a Millennial). Also, it's pretty basic and straightforward - for an experienced trader, it is basic, straightforward, and kinda dull...nothing new here. (But then again for an experienced trader, its a good reminder of all the varieties of option plays out there.)

"The Options Playbook" is a must-read for anyone interested in trading options or looking to expand their knowledge in this area. It's very well put together, making complex concepts easy to understand. The book serves as a good reference guide, offering a variety of strategies for different market conditions and outlooks. Despite the complexity of the subject matter, the tone of the book is light-hearted, making it an enjoyable read for anyone interested in trading options.

I have a Intermediate understanding of options and how they perform. This book still helps me out alot especially the Chapter on the 40 plays, If I want to refresh my mind on how an Iron Condor is set up and its characteristics/ profit/loss diagram, I go to that play and he tells it like it is without confusing its reader. As well, I like that it is spiral bound as I can fold the book on whatever play I am studying. I use the book and on the web to set up virtual trades, then to see how each play moves with the market. Read and further your educatuion into the "greeks".....The greeks are like a key to your front door. You wil be lost and discouraged if you have "no idea" of what they are and how they affect premiums. Delta,Gamma,Theta and Vega are the 4 Greeks, there is a 5th Greek, Rho but for most applications traders grasp the first 4 I mentioned. I have watched Brian on CBOE's webinars as well as the Trade King Webinars and I find he is an excellent teacher in the amounted time he has on each webinar. I hope he updates another book for the more " Mid-Advanced" option trader in the future. For now there is alot to cover in Options playbook, Straddle, Strangle, Condor anyone??

This book is a great introduction to options. The language and approach are very accessible. The way the various strategies are laid out makes for easy reference. BUT... The MAJOR flaw, in my opinion, is that none of the strategies (after the three "rookie" strategies) have numerical examples to illustrate them. The introductory sections do (super helpful and illuminating), but the strategies do not. It would be Very helpful to see an example for each strategy like: "Credit Put Spread: Buy 10 ABC May 65 puts @ .50 and Sell 10 ABC May 70 puts @ 2 for a net credit of 1.50. Max loss: $XXX (ABC at $UU). Max gain: $ZZZ (ABC at $VV)" The numbers would help clarify the strategy and fix it in the reader's mind. Instead the book just states things like "Max profit if stock closes above Strike A. Max loss: premium paid" or whatever. It would be even better to have the more complex strategies numerically compared to the basics (Iron Condor vs simple long or short call or put) to make it clear when they are useful and what your risks are. There is some narrative comparison, but seeing examples would be massively helpful. All in all, I recommend this book as an adjunct to other resources that teach options with numerical examples. A rank beginner is likely to lose the thread once they get past the "Rookie" stuff (covered calls, cash puts, etc).

Livro muito bom, bem didático

Quite an informative book for beginners and pros alike. Do give it a read if you want to try your hands on option investing. The design of the book is quite awesome as well.

I just bought this book for the second time since I lost my first copy and want to read it again. That should tell you all you need to know about how good and insightful this book is. 10/10 would recommend

This book is a quick start guide for options trading that also contains a reference of strategies explaining what to employ when. The author explains in a very easy to understand (almost dumbed down) language without losing the essence. If you want a deeper understanding of options, maybe this is not the best book. Also you can access the entire content in the author’s website (same name as book) for free. Copy received was published by Amazon Japan so not 100% sure if proceeds went to author, or to some hotshot internet “entrepreneur”.

Great book , learnt a lot, if u have basic knowledge read this to get a bigger picture of options world