[.ca] Options on Futures: New Trading Strategies (ISBN 0471436429)

Options on Futures:
This is a very simple, canned presentation. The book is primarily boilerplate that may be read free on any exchange website. There may be value for the novice here, but anyone with experience will put the book down 15 minutes after picking it up.

One of the best Options books out there....:
Very good treaty on trading options as a net seller, sellers being the options traders in the market who make the real money. Well written, clear examples, margin reqs covered thoroughly...

Glad I got this one:
I like to buy straddles. That makes me a debit spreader. Since this book is all about CREDIT-spreads, you'd think that I would stay away from it. Nevertheless, I'm glad that I bought the book and consider it to be an important addition to my library. The authors do a good job of: -- explaining why speculators should be interested in options on futures; -- explaining why speculators should think twice about buying premium... as opposed to selling it; -- showing how to take and then adjust positions on certain basic strategies. The book is: --less theoretical and more immediately useful than Natenberg's "Option Volatility & Pricing"; --better organized than Caplan's "The New Option Secret"; --more focused and informative than Spears' "Commodity Options", and... --less combative than Gallacher's "The Options Edge". To be honest, I'm glad that I've had a chance to read and re-read ALL these books -- so I'm not saying that you shouldn't get any of them. It's just that Summa and Lubow make an especially good case for credit-spreading. One last point: "Options on Futures" is a must-have if you follow the recommended trades on...

Bravo:
I recently carefully studied your book entitled "Options on Futures" and found it just fascinating. Of course, I have long been a seller of SPX cash market options and your book broadened my understanding of what can be done in the futures and options on futures markets. Your book and workbook are very clear, understandable, and applicable.

Another book about selling options...:
This book is really no different from the many other books about options and why it is better to be a seller of option premium rather than a buyer. ... The only real difference from most other options books is that this book focuses on futures options instead of stock and index options. The only chapter that addresses any slightly new material is the chapter about the margin requirements of trading futures options. And even that chapter is lacking. In order to fully be able to employ the material abouts margins, you have to buy a ...computer program. I can't really recommend this book to anyone with even slight experience trading options. For beginners only!