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Rating:  - This is the STUDY guide NOT "the book"
The 2 reviewers before me praise this book highly. So I ordered it. When I got it - it is not at ALL the book the other reviewers claim it to be! This is just a bunch of "quizes" to take AFTER you read the REAL book. The title on Amazon is deceptive, it makes it look like you can choose between softcover & hardcover, but the hardcover is the "real" book*, the softcover is JUST the "Study Guide" so not only are the reviewers deceptive but the title is deceptive. Now, maybe after I get a copy of the real book I will decide I *like* the Study guide as well, but don't buy this book thinking that the Amazon title is correct. Look at the picture very carefully - you'll see the difference between the real book & this "not the real" book.
*Of course, in the future there may be a softcover version of the real book, so when you read this review, check other softcovers to see if you can now get it in softcover. This review is Oct 2002)
Rating:  - This is THE book.
Try as I might, I cannot understand the negative reviews here. This is THE book on options. McMillan writes clearly and well. There is nothing glib here -- no promises of great wealth, no hype, no pandering to fools. What is here is solid information presented well and thoroughly.
A criticism that came up more than once (copy cat reviews?) is that the book doesn't show practical stuff. What! It provides all the information that any reasonably intelligent person needs to UNDERSTAND exactly what the strategies are and when to apply them. To ask for more is to ask for easy and oversimplified answers that will part you from your money.
The book is thick. True. You don't need all that is in it. True. The book is frightening or dull or not as useful as (gimme a break!) Wade Cook!!!
Hey! It's a text book, not a novel. Wake up! You can use it to find what YOU want to know.
There is more useful information in this book than in any hustler's high-priced and hype-filled seminar. It's all you need and it's currently selling for less $. Don't get scared off by the negative reviews or you'll miss out on the most respected and best of all the many books written on options.
If you're not willing to spend $ and a little effort to learn about options, you're not likely to profit from them. Buy the book. Then, sit down and read in it to find the definitive answers to your option questions. It simply doesn't get any more accurate, any clearer, or any better.
(Oh yes, one or two reviewers suggested that the book is out of date.
Rating: - Practical content for actual trading
I have many books on subject of trading and options. This was the first I bought that provided a straightforward practical framework for gathering data and evaluating opportunities.
The book is long and very detailed. 2 thirds of the books focusses on specific options strategies eg bull spreads. I have found that many practical suggestions and insights are contained in the lengthy sections on strategies. The remainder of the book contained very valuable (for me) mathematical content on analysis of securities.
This book has allowed me to progress my valuation and selection of trading opportunities to the extent where I am profitably trading with confidence. I constantly refer back to it to refresh the concepts on specific aspects of options trading.
It would be THE reference book in my library.
Rating:  - Options
This book will explain all the different option strategies. It has a lot of information and it is very easy to read. I recommend it to antone that really wants to know about all the possibilities of options.
Rating: - A winning combination of insight, caution and clarity
This book is a gem. I wished all introductions to the markets, or any other technical subject for that matter, were this clear. Anyone writing a textbook should look here first. I know of no other book that combines clarity and insight in such a stimulating way.
Negative comments on this book must be based on false assumptions. This book does indeed not offer guidance for a riskfree richess. A very good book.
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