In a straightforward approach, you'll be guided through the practical knowledge that you will need to trade options conservatively. The objectives are simple: make 2%-4% a month staying in the market as little as possible. Market experts use option condors to consistently earn monthly returns while trading conservatively and staying in the market as little as possible. Michael Hanania Benklifa--who manages $10+ million in condor trades each month--shows you exactly how to run these trades and earn these returns. Benklifa doesn't serve up generalities: He delivers all the details you need to master every nuance of this remarkable strategy. Benklifa bases his examples on market realities, not oversimplified abstractions. You'll learn how to handle real-life market dynamics that can dramatically impact results, including rising and falling volatility, changing bid-ask spreads, and distorted call parity. You'll learn how to profit in the sideways markets where condor options are most widely used--and also in extreme-trending markets that offer their own surprising opportunities. Traders who focus on a specific type of trade have a history of outperforming stock pickers and directional investors. This book will give you that deep and usable level of knowledge about one of today's most well-proven strategies: option condors.

Table of Contents

Preface 1 Chapter 1: The Horse Race 7 Chapter 2: Placing a Trade 59 Chapter 3: Trading Journal 105 Chapter 4: Day Trading Condors 151 Index 175

About the Author

Michael Hanania Benklifa manages millions of dollars worth of condor trades every month for private investors through his firm, Othello Consulting. He formerly served as a Financial Advisor for UBS and as an M&A Analyst for several large pharmaceutical companies. Benklifa holds an MBA from Texas A&M, as well as a Diplome (Masters in Management) from Ecole Superieure de Commerce in France, and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Texas.

Reviews

"Profiting with Iron Condor Options: Strategies from the Frontline for Trading in Up or Down Markets is a book that anyone who trades iron condors or who aspires to trade them should read. Benklifa explains what goes into the decision-making process throughout each trade and makes specific suggestions about the best ways to trade iron condors. He also describes in detail a perfect trade, a not-so-pretty trade, and an ugly trade." --Brenda Jubin, SeekingAlpha.com Contributor