The Option to Profit book is an offshoot of my previous investing blog, which in turn evolved into a paid subscription newsletter and investment guidance service. It is most certainly not a "get rich" approach to investing. Instead, it is a tested strategy to protect and grow your portfolio, without taking undue risks. Its objective is very simple. That is to outperform the index of your choice, based on your own investing temperament, by approximately 4% each year.
While perhaps not sounding impressive, a 4% increase, bringing the average portfolio to an 11% annual gain would result in a doubling of portfolio value in less than 7 years, as opposed to 11 years.
On Wall Street, a fund manager that can outperform an index is a ROCK STAR!
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The OTP book is the result of more than 25 years of observation, analysis, planning, and experiencing the ups and downs of the stock market. The strategies and rules outlined in the book are distilled from an evolved approach to investing.
The reason why I decided to create the book and lay out the methodology is fully revealed in the book, but essentially was an off-shoot of both past blog readers' and newsletter subscribers' requests. Most importantly, however, were the requests of my children. They had watched me transform my life once I started to seriously begin management of my own portfolios.
Unlike most people who seek to publish their investment "secrets", I am not a licensed professional in the financial industry. Nor do I have experience in the world of
internet marketing or sales. I am actually a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist!
But like you, I am a retail investor. But I have discovered a way to successfully own and trade stocks as a real business from my home office, on the deck, on an airplane, or from anywhere.
The methods that I highlight are routinely used by professional fund managers and market professionals. However, instead of sharing their approach to investing with clients, they seek to glorify themselves and collect very large fees from their wealthy clients.
If you're wondering why I would write this book and share these techniques,"wonder no more!
There are 3 reasons why I want to release the OTP book:
There is a need to level the investing playing field;
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I love to teach. I love investing, too, but I also spent nearly 20 years in higher education;
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I love to write and have blogged extensively and published subscription only newsletters for individuals, as well as for members of professional affinity groups; and
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Obviously, I like to make money. Add that to the list. Maybe e-Book sales will give further life to revenues from traditional book sales.
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Trading has become my Business.
Most investors just sit and watch their paper profits disappear. They sell when it's too late and they buy when it's too high.
Even worse, much of this occurs despite having the guidance of a costly stockbroker!
I am not an investor, nor a speculator, nor even a day trader, although I make about 1200-1500 trades each year. Don't let that scare you. You don't have to make anywhere near that number of trades, but I have come to really enjoy the process.
The truth is that I don't even know how to pick stocks, but I do know how to make observations and how to capitalize on investor sentiment and greed in the marketplace.
The trades that I do make tend to be in a small group of stocks that I have been following for years. All of these are on everyone's radar screens. No "hidden gems", no penny stocks and no "pie in the sky" hopes. I hate risk.
I seek the natural opportunities that occur on a very regular and predictable basis and then simply manage their risk.
You don't have to be a hedge manager to know how to manage risk and to do so in a cost-effective manner.I buy stocks and sell options. I buy and sell them to make money, not to watch them generate paper profits.
Although I am a highly trained professional in healthcare and made a great living, - I now make most of my income from managing my stocks and collecting sizeable monthly income.
Usually 2-4% each month in income and I certainly don't begrudge paying short-term capital gains.
I don't care about daily fluctuations in my portfolio's value anymore. I just care about being able to rest comfortably at night and collecting my monthly income.
All businesses manage based on the bottom line, cash flow and industry metrics - I do the same thing - I seek to beet the index averages and create cash flow, while growing the business.
I know precisely what my maximum profits are going to be before I place a trade. I don't guess or speculate - I have a plan and its goal is very reasonable.
Then I simply manage the stock with hedges and collect my income. On rare occasion I will generate a strategic loss to offset realized profits at the end of the trading cycle, which is the third Friday of each month.
This is a Cyclical Business.
The reason that I could write this book is because the stock market is actually highly predictable, since it is based on human nature.
The principles, once you learn them are really intuitive and can easily be taught to your spouse or even to your college aged children.
How did I discover how to start a
Stock and Options Trading Business?
I had spent many years watching my portfolio generate paper profits, just to see them disappear, as my broker practiced the traditional "Buy and Hold" strategy. I watched my stocks go up, down, up, and down and then up again. When we did take profits it was always after that kind of incredibly inefficient path.
I actually liked my broker and was stunned when he passed away at an all too early age.
Fortunately, even though I had a managed account, I always kept track of my holdings, more out of intellectual curiosity than needing to micromanage the holdings. In fact, I was entirely hands off, but became very knowledgeable, over the years.
After all, it was my money and who else would care about it as much as me. Or my heirs?
I knew that I was ready to take on the challenge, since I had always engaged in "what if" games with my holdings, including maintaining long-term stock tracking using spreadsheets, just to test various hypotheses and observations.
The true test of any strategy is performance during good and bad cycles. So often, the best performers one year are the worst the next year. However, it is during the very trying times of the financial crisis that the true value of hedging is apparent. When the market was down 55% from its peak, it would take more than a 110% increase to finally reach a break-even.
Good luck trying to dig out of that hole.
That wouldn't be the case for a hedged portfolio. The losses would be much smaller and the potential to reach a breakeven point would be much less challenging.
With the initiation of a steady stream of monthly income, I saw the possibility of decreasing my dependence on outside income. In 2011, I plan to work approximately 50 days, down from 100 last year, as the income stream has replaced much of my outside income.
This has become my business and it just as easily could become yours.
Even if you don't yet have the capital to get started in a meaninful way, this is the time to learn the basics and then learn the strategies so that when you will be financially ready you will already be emotionally ready and educationally prepared.
If you already have an existing portfolio, whether self-managed or with a stockbroker, you are very likely missing out on some great opportunities.
You won't make a killing, but then, you won't get slaughtered, either.
Option to Profit will teach you how to make profits and supplement your income.
Although you will learn about technical analysis, this is a very minor part of the strategy and is used as an adjunct, only if you desire.
The emphasis is establishing repetitive actions in response to repetitive behaviors. The charts and data can be used to validate your own instincts that OTP will help to develop.
How much can you make?
I like to be conservative. I typically expect a 2% return of my portfolio in revenue each month. That does not mean that the portfolio increased in value by that amount, rather it is expected to produce that much income each month. The more disciplined you are and the more actively you participate in your portfolio, the higher your returns will be.
Even if your portfolio is decreasing in value during a market downturn, you will want to have the OTP strategies in place. In this manner your income stream continues, while your portfolio recovers its value, as it inevitably will, if you've chosen stocks with solid fundamentals.
Once you learn the concepts, you will develop the skills.
As your skills grow, so grows your income.
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How To Regain Your Mojo
If you have lost money in the stock market, you may be a bit shell-shocked. The key behavior to avoid is the temptation to try to get it all back at one time. The more you look to hit a home run the more often you will be disappointed.
Think of the OTP Strategy as being similar to rehabilitation, except that you will always keep taking small steps. You really don't want to go back to the state of mind and philosophy that contributed to poor portfolio performance.
The OTP Strategy will help you trade with greater confidencebecause you will be trading with considerable protection.
Follow the guidelines that are outlined and explained in the book and it will be difficult to make bad decsisions.
Although the OTP Book does not give specific investment advice, it does include lists of my favorite stocks and stock plays, as well as how to assess whether it is time to purchase a specific stock.
If you believe that any of those stocks are suitable for your own needs, feel free to determine the right time and price to add them to your portfolio.
You Learn will a Logical, Well Thought & Easy to Apply System of Rules
The OTP Book is an easy read and really does work. The relatively few people who use this kind of strategy just do not teach others how to succeed, perhaps because they fear that there is not enough profit to share.
There is plenty of profit to go around.
The strategies that I have cobbled together will constitute a complete trading system and business that will surprise you how in just how easy it will be to apply.
The Option to Profit book is geared toward a number of different audiences.
| Have you been disappointed with your investment results? |
| Have you not invested because of the perceived risk? |
| Are you tired of seeing your paper profits evaporate? |
| Are you intimidated by technical and fundamental analyses? |
| Do you routinely guess wrong which direction the markets are heading? |
| Are you tired of paying high commissions for mediocre returns? |
| Are you rolling over a workplace 401(k) or 403(b) plan? |
| Are you thinking of starting to invest on your own? |
| Does the idea of trading stocks and options as a real business sound appealing? |
If you answered 'yes' to one or more of the questions above, I think you might be a good candidate to read the Option to Profit book.
Even if you are not yet ready to implement the strategies, your eyes will be open to a different approach that puts you first.
You may also just enjoy the book. It is meant to engage the reader with anecdotes, humorous stories and cynical observations.
Introducing...
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"Option to Profit'"
The Blog, the Newsletter, the Book and now the updated e-Book
Here's what comes in the OTP e-Book
The OTP Book has 25 Chapters combining story telling, philosophy, lessons learned and how to apply everything to make your portfolios behave themselves.
Although books may seem old fashioned, I believe there is no better way to access a reference material and have it available at your side for when you need it. Although the OTP Book is also available as a traditional book, the electronic version is perfectly suited to be used side by side with your trading platform on your computer or in an e-Book reader.
Book Chapters and Descriptions
In addition to these Chapters, there are 4 Introductory Chapters, over 60 Charts, illustrations and cartoons and 30+ Tables.
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Chapter 1: HOW DID I GET HERE?
This chapter describes the accidental and fortuitous discovery of hidden cash.
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Chapter 2: FALSE STARTS
The arrogance of youth leads us down many false paths, but can form the basis for creating situations that can be analyzed and assessed at some later point in life. The mistakes of youth can help to guide the investor toward a more predictable path once the impunity that comes with youth begins to fade away.
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Chapter 3: GETTING STARTED
We all have to start someplace, but the more quickly you can learn from your mis-steps the faster you will get to your goal. xxxx:
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Chapter 4: TESTING THE WATERS
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Chapter 5: MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS
Making the decision to start trading on your own and deciding what kind of strategy to use.
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Chapter 6:
WHAT ARE MY CREDENTIALS?
You really don't need to be a member of the securities industry to understand the basic tenets of trading and hedging. All you really need is to be a good observer of events and judge of human nature.The more you observe the movements of the markets the more you realize that they are very inefficient and very erratic. Some might also refer to the market's reactions to external events as often being irrational, as well.You don't need a Level 7 license to know that the herd is not necessarily the best place to be during a stampede.
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Chapter 7: THE ESSENTIALS
This chapter will let you know everything you need in order to be on top of your game when yu begin mnaging you own accounts. The details are important, even if some of the items on the list seem to be commonsense, nothing should be taken for granted xxxxx
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Chapter 8: MILKING STOCKS?
That's right. Milking Stocks/strong>
Your stock portfolio has to be massaged and worked in order to get the most out of it. This chapter strats the process of laying out the various income components that can be utilized to enhance your overall returns. |
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Chapter 9: THE BASICS
Even seasoned investors sometimes should sit back and re-assess what their needs are and what tools are best suited to help them meet those needs.
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Chapter 10: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
What are you really trying to achieve? What really measures success?
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Chapter 11: SHOULD I USE A BROKER?
I thought the world of my broker and included him in the dedication of the book. He passed away much too early in life.As good as he was, there is still no one who will ever be more motivated to see your portfolio thrive than the actual owner.Why not take control and doso at a much lower costs and with better results?NO!:
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Chapter 12: GREED IS YOUR FRIEND:
Learn why greed really is good. Just not for you.
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Chapter 13: STRATEGIES:
The specific considerations in applying the strategies are outlined in detail.
Additionally, a discussion of tax deferred and taxable accounts considers various strategies to take advantage of changing opportunities, including how to avoid the wash sales rule, how to take startegic losses and the role of dividends.
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Chapter 14: WHY?:
The reasoning behind the guidelines from the previous chapter.
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Chapter 15 TRIPLE THREAT STOCKS
Some stocks can return profits on 3 different fronts.Learn what to look for and then make them work for you.
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Chapter 16: SPECULATIVE STOCKS
Option to Profit does not recommend the purchase of speculative stocks. However, OTP does categorize speculation a bit differently than most other sources.OTP characterizes "speculative" stocks as either being "good, bad or ugly", each category having its unique strategy.
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Chapter 17: OLD RELIABLES
Everyone needs a list of reliable stocks that they cxan turn to in order to fill out a portfolio. Individual stocks fall in and out of favor at given times. Keeping a list of reliable stocks makes it so much easier to select stock to purchase when there are funds available in the portfolio.
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Chapter 18: SPECIAL SITUATION STRATEGIES
How to capitalize on dividends, early options assignment and more. Special situations can be predictable and the OTP strategy plans for their occurence and seeks to capitalize on every potential opportunity.
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Chapter 19: SPECULATING WITH PUT OPTIONS
Although the OTP strategy dismisses speculation, this chapter recognizes that human nature occasionally leads us toward more risky ventures. The strategy represented in this chapter seeks to meld the need for risk taking with the commendable characteristic of being risk adverse.
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Chapter 20 CASE STUDIES
This chapter present numerous case study representing various outcomes. Heavily reliant upon and documented with charts and tables, the case studies reflect a wide range of situations and outcomes.
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CHAPTER 21: RESULTS
Keeping track of your activities.
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Chapter 22: CAVEATS
Beware. Regardless of how well designed any strategy is, there are always specific considerations which must not be ignored. In order to successfully apply any strategy, the user must be aware of potential pitfals or obstacles along the way.
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Chapter 23: WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY?
This chapter discusses various strategies for the use of the monthly income.Emphasis is placed on assessing an individual's particular stage in life and determining what their short term and long term needs will be.
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Chapter 24: FAQ's
Everything you thought you needed to know, but were reluctant to ask.The FAQ's represent a wide range of questions including those covering very basic concepts.
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Chapter 25: CONCLUSIONS
Final Words
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APPENDICES A-F
Include details on Technical Analyses, The Greeks, Disclaimers, Internet Resources and sample brokerage house letters.
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