Veteran options trader Dan Passarelli explains a new methodology for option trading and valuation. With an introduction to option basics as well as chapters on all types of spreads, put-call parity and synthetic options, trading volatility and studying volatility charts, and advanced option trading, Trading Option Greeks holds pertinent new information on how more accurate pricing can drive profit. Most options traders focus on strategies such as covered calls, vertical spreads, butterflies and condors, and so on. But traders often don't know how to use the "e;greeks"e; the five factors that influence an option's price to trade more effectively. The "e;greeks"e; (Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Rho) are tools to measure minute changes in an option's price based on corresponding changes in: Interest rates Time to expiration Price changes in the underlying security Volatility Dividends Using the greeks can lead to more accurate pricing information that will alert an option trader to mispriced derivatives that can be exploited for profit. In straightforward language and making use of charts and examples, Passarelli explains how to use the greeks to be a better options trader.

Veteran options trader Dan Passarelli explains a new methodologyfor option trading and valuation. With an introduction to optionbasics as well as chapters on all types of spreads, put-call parityand synthetic options, trading volatility and studying volatilitycharts, and advanced option trading, Trading Option Greeksholds pertinent new information on how more accurate pricing candrive profit.Most options traders focus on strategies such as covered callsvertical spreads, butterflies and condors, and so on. But tradersoften don't know how to use the "greeks"--the five factorsthat influence an option's price--to trade moreeffectively.The "greeks" (Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Rho) are tools tomeasure minute changes in an option's price based on correspondingchanges in:* Interest rates* Time to expiration* Price changes in the underlying security* Volatility* DividendsUsing the greeks can lead to more accurate pricing informationthat will alert an option trader to mispriced derivatives that canbe exploited for profit. In straightforward language and making useof charts and examples, Passarelli explains how to use the greeksto be a better options trader.

Acknowledgments.Foreword (William J. Brodsky).Introduction.Part I The Basics of Option Greeks.1 The Basics.2 Greek Philosophy.3 Understanding Volatility.4 Option-Specific Risk and Opportunity.5 An Introduction to Volatility-Selling Strategies.6 Put-Call Parity and Synthetics.7 Rho.8 Dividends and Option Pricing.Part II Spreads.9 Vertical Spreads.10 Wing Spreads: Condors and Butterflies.11 Calendar and Diagonal Spreads.Part III Volatility.12 Delta-Neutral Trading: Trading Implied Volatility.13 Delta-Neutral Trading: Trading Realized Volatility.14 Studying Volatility Charts.Part IV Advanced Option Trading.15 Straddles and Strangles.16 Complex Spreads.17 The Trader's Thought Process.Index.