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These books will help you learn  the basics of stock options !

They can help you understand what stock options are and how to use them.  Options give you an excellent way to insure your portfolio, or have control over a large amount of shares for very  little money. Learn about puts, calls, covered calls and more. With these easy to understand books you can start learning today !  Also check out this FREE video introduction to stock options !

• Options Demystified - Very easy to understand book. A good starting point. Give you a good over view of stock options, with straight forward examples
  
  
• Understanding Options
  
  
• Options as a Strategic Investment
  
• The Rookie's Guide to Options: The Beginner's Handbook of Trading Equity Options   Options book by a 20 year options trader !

Options are not as complicated as most people think

As with everything in life a little education can make the diffrence between profit or failure. These stock option trading books are ideal for self study.

You will see that stock options can be a a very poweful investment tool.
They give you lots of leverage using a small amount of captial.. Options can also be an inexpensive form of "insurance"  for your portfolio. Or you can write "covered calls " to generate extra income, Stock options can be used in many diffrent ways They books offer you an inexpensive way to learn about stock options.

The basic idea behind a stock option is they are a contract with a fixed expiry term , that gives you the right but not the obligation to do something.  ie buy stock at a certain price by a certain date.   Many traders use a simple strategy called  "covered calls" to earn extra income on stock they already own. Other traders do straddels, calander speads and lots of other fancy trades.
Don't worry , your trades dont have to be complicated. These  books will teach you the basics, like what is an option ? What is a "call " and a "put" or how to write "covered called " . They make these concepts easy to understand. I

One of the best books to start your options learning is called Options Demystified  
We found it to be very easy to understand, and clearly written

Options demystified is an easy to follow books which can be used for self study . It gives you an inexpensive way to education yourself about stock options. The knowledge you get will pay for this investment many times over.   We found this book by chance and are very impressed  how  easy the authour makes this subject to understand. See Options Demystified 

Understanding stock options is also a highly rated, and recommended options book for beginners.   It clearly explains what options are, how to gain leverage, the risks and rewards, and how to used them to generate extra income  . You will learn the basics of options language . Plus understandhow to buy a  call option  ii) a put iii) how to sell a put , and iv) writing "coverd calls". Understanding Options

A great resources is also the options industry council. They even have FREE seminars in many cities acrosss the USA and Canada. I have attended several of them, such as " options basics"