I couldn't put it down

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This book is useful for speech pathologists whose "passion" is aphasia. It is very technical, and is not an "easy read." But it gives the most organized introduction to the two related, but relatively recent fields of neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology. Dr. Caplan's writing strength is the organization of the book and the chapters it comprises. A logical sequence is outlined, followed, and summarized. Excellent for those wishing to develop research interests

This book is almost as good as Natenberg, and much better than McMillan, Schaffers, and Fontanills. Although it is about options on futures, most of the strategies discussed are applicable to stock options as well.

A good choice for stock option investors despite it mentioning commmodities. This book will overwhelm a beginner, who should start with Charles Caes' great "Tools of the Bear" (which works for bull and bear markets). Far superior to George Fontanills. Caplan is creative, he writes well and gives the studious reader many important tips. I made two pages of notes from this book. With even a little experience, an options investor will truly ascend to a higher level of knowledge and trading mastery with this book.

I don't receive his newsletter, I haven't been to any of his seminars and I don't trade with his brokerage. That being said, this book is outstanding in teaching non-complicated option strategies to traders who want to receive an "Edge" in trading. I have been trading futures for 7 years now, and have recently implemented options into my toolbag of strategies. So far, I've made at least 20 times what I paid for this book. You do though, must understand the futures market first. Trying to read this book, before understanding futures in general, will leave you in a daze. In contrast, there are many books who over-do option strategies by trying to explain how they came up with different strategies by using complex mathematical solutions and explaining how these solutions can make you money. If you think your confused reading this book, wait till you read one of those kinds of books! Good Luck everyone

Just another piece of junk by an author who puts out anything to make a buck. This book tells you nothing if you ever read anything about options. My eigth grader could of wrote this book if he was not dead.

This book is excellent! I've implemented most of the techniques in this book, and have made a bundle of money! This is one recommendation that you won't need to consult your broker for...BUY! If you're learning options for the first time, make sure you have a firm grasp on how the futures market works first.

Haven't had a chance to review it yet. Looks good though. Send me a copy and I'll look it over for you.

This book was promoted heavily on different sites on the net, and I happened to be one of those who bought it!!!! To cut the story short, this book is not for amatuers! And not for ordinary regular option buyers (like me)!

This book covers only:
1. Futures trades (mainly).
2. Option writing and spreads.

But if you are not both of the above... forget this book!!! At the beginning of this book, you'll see how deeply the author discusses futures not stocks! And when you get to page number 47, you understand that this book is useless if you (like me) only buy options.

I am not saying this book is good or now, how am I to know?!! I can't even test his methodology... but in my situation this book is of no use!

Though dated and focused on Futures, I found this book to be very helpful. The last 3rd of this book is a collection of articles written by other authors on the subject. Very useful!

Why not 5 stars? It is focused on Futures instead of Options in general.
This is only mildly annoying as most of the information is relevant to Options.

Again, very helpful book.

Mr.Caplan has put a great spin on option investing. If 90% of options expire worthless why buy them, just sell them. This is where this book shines. I have been involved with futures for 11 years. I have been a broker an investor ...

In each instance I have avoided options on futures. With Mr.Caplan's assessment on how volatitlity plays a key role to determining what options to sell and what price to sell them at. I was impressed at how he was able to take a complicated subject and make it easy to read.

His inclusion of articles from various other option traders was great as well.

Crafted by a master of hyperbole, this author has mastered the art of bringing coffee table reading on genetics to the masses

This is a very, very bad book. The author is given to hyperbole and fixates on the "get rich quick" attitude that characterized the bubble period (the book was published in 1998). The syllogisms are relentless. Whole paragraphs are repeated every several pages, as if the book has never been edited, or perhaps was edited by an orange peel. As far as I can tell, this piece of garbage contains no insight into the markets, trading discipline, or anything else. The author comes across as exactly the kind of person that one would expect to consistently lose in the markets; and the writer of the foreword (David Caplan) writes and thinks like a child. Shame on everyone involved in the publication of this thing.

Leave the trading of individual stocks to professional money managers (most of whom lose money themselves); hire competent money managers to allocate your liquid wealth (not stock brokers!); and if you want to trade with "mad money," choose a book that stresses DISCIPLINE - such as "Trading for a Living."

The last reviewer is right on. This is a good book if you want to be a better poker player. Or if you want to understand people and their actions better (including your own.) I would have given it 5 stars as well if the author hadn't been so dishonest.

I don't know why this isn't called 'Poker Sex and Dying.' Instead, they have 'Poker' crossed off, and 'Trading' written on top of it. As such, I expected that there was a previous book written by Mr. Anderson entitled 'Poker Sex and Dying,' which was now being altered to fit the trading arena. There wasn't. So why wasn't it entitled 'Poker Sex and Dying?' I don't know.

For the most part, this book goes over each of the 13 personality types, lists the positives and negatives, and then explains how to deal with these personality types if you're playing poker with them or selling products or services to them. (Mr. Anderson's experience has been in professional gambling and in selling.)

On the back of the book, claims are made that you will learn to boost trading profits by varying your bet (position size), trading only when the markets give you a good hand, evaluating your hand, considering the risk/reward on each trade, and writing options like a bookie. Aside from Mr. Caplan's foreward, which just briefly touches on these subjects, there is nothing in this book as so described.

Trading and poker are similar--but the similarity has nothing to do with the contents of this book. But trading is hot right now, and poker isn't. So maybe the author thought he might sell more books if it were supposed to be about trading.

In sum, this was a very good book that deserves 4 or 5 stars, but only gets 2 from me because of the dishonesty of the author and the lack of correspondence to the title and supposed subject.

unless, perhaps, you're a floor trader on one of the exchanges, where you're competing with people, face to face, and trying to use their strengths and weaknesses to your own advantage. I'm a bit annoyed with David Caplan, the remarkable options man, for publishing it as if it was "gambling theory for traders." It certainly is not. Don't get me wrong: This fellow, Juel Anderson, is an astonishing fellow: Almost alarmingly bright and insightful, he could use the material in this book to start a quasi-relegion based upon gambling and sales insights. The book is a wonderful read, with descriptions of categories of human nature/behavior that would be very difficult to find anywhere else. However, there is actually very little discussion of gambling / trading as such... not much to apply to your trading unless you're in the pits. This book would be better placed in the psychology or psych / personal philosophy section than anywhere else... in which section, it deserves five stars.

I have read better than that.