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Tactics Intermediate

Learn, Trade, Profit

A Guide to Mastering Stock Options

Options strategies for consistent, risk-aware income. Position sizing, the Greeks made plain, and the discipline that separates traders from gamblers—built around 14 reproducible setups.

Pages
244
Format
Paperback / eBook
Published
July 2026
ISBN
9798289774835
What you'll gain

The short version.

  • Understand the Greeks well enough to actually trade with them
  • Run 14 specific options setups with clear entry, exit, and risk rules
  • Size positions so a single loss can never end your trading career
  • Build a trade journal that changes how you trade six months from now
  • Decide rationally when to roll, when to close, and when to walk away
Who it's for

For readers who already have an emergency fund, are funding their retirement accounts, and want to generate income from positions they understand. Not a get-rich book.

Table of contents

Inside the book.

CH 01

Options 101: The Fundamentals

How contracts work, calls vs. puts, strike prices, expiration, and the mechanics you need before placing your first trade.

CH 02

How Options Are Priced

Intrinsic vs. extrinsic value, time decay, implied volatility, and why an option's price changes even when the stock doesn't.

CH 03

The Psychology of Trading

The emotional traps that kill consistent traders—and the discipline framework for staying rational when the market tests you.

CH 04

Beginner Trading Strategies

Buying calls and puts, long straddles, and how to manage positions that move against you from the start.

CH 05

Introduction to Option Spreads

Vertical spreads, defined-risk structures, and how combining legs changes the risk/reward of every trade.

CH 06

Intermediate Strategies

Credit spreads, iron condors, and the multi-leg setups that generate income in sideways and range-bound markets.

CH 07

Riding the Market Waves

How to read market conditions, adapt your strategy to the environment, and know when to step aside entirely.

CH 08

Rookie Mistakes

The common errors that wipe out new traders: oversizing, chasing, revenge trading, and ignoring the Greeks.

CH 09

Crafting a Trading Plan

The pre-trade checklist, the trade journal, and the weekly review that separates traders who improve from those who repeat the same mistakes.

CH 10

Before You Go

Straight talk on what it actually takes to last: patience, humility, and treating early losses as tuition rather than failure.

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