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The Unlucky Investor's Guide to Options Trading

Julia Spina

BeginnerOptions basicsOption sellingRisk management

Our verdict

Julia Spina, an options strategist who has worked on tastytrade's research team with a physics background, wrote this 2024 book with tastytrade founder Tom Sosnoff. It teaches options through probabilities, position sizing and risk, with data-driven examples. For beginners who like a quantitative approach.

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  • Beginner readers interested in Options basics and Option selling.
  • Traders building a shelf around fundamentals.

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