The Alpha Hunter: Profiting from Option LEAPS

by Jason Schwarz

Overview

Discover how elite investors bring in triple-digit returns!

With The Alpha Hunter, readers will learn how to manage the “four winds” of the stock market: bubbles, currency, economic contraction, and economic growth. Blending technical skill with a deep understanding of the fundamentals, the author provides what readers need to achieve risk-adjusted returns that earn higher than benchmark (alpha), as well as successfully invest in long-term equity anticipation securities (LEAPS). Using the information here, readers will learn how to use option LEAPS as both a stock alternative and a means of diversification.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071713238
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/13/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jason Schwarz is the options strategist forLone Peak Asset Management (LPAM), aregistered investment advisory firm located inWestlake Village, CA. Specializing in optionLEAPS, he played a key role in helpingLPAM’s clients manage their way through the2008 downturn. His articles have appeared onthe Web sites Seeking Alpha, Yahoo! Finance,Stock House, and Mac Daily News, and hisexpertise has earned him multiple appearanceson the Fox Business News Network and BusinessNews Network in Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Alpha Hunter
1. The Four Winds of Investing: The Importance of Option Leaps
2. East Wind: Bubbles
3. West Wind: Currency
4. South Wind: Economic Slowdown
5. North Wind: Economic Growth
6. Navigating with Option LEAPS
7. The Perfect LEAP
8. Monitor Option Trades
9. Act Like an Option Hunter
10. Case Study: Apple
11. Case Study: Financial Crisis 2008