Advanced Options Trading and Trading Markets in the USA

About Matthew Adams

Matthew began as an option specialist for the firm Berkman and Leff in 1983 trading the American Stock Exchange in New York. He held the order books for Tandy, Goodyear Tyre, and Avnet.

From 1984 to 1988 he was a floor member of the American Stock Exchange with his own firm Adams-Katz &Assoc. Matthew was an “options market maker” in the XMI index, an index consisting of the 20 leading corporations in the United States, 14 of which are in the Dow. He was also a market maker in Digital Equipment and Philip Morris.

From 1989 to 1997 Matthew was a member of the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco. He specialized in technology stock trading. The companies that were in his trading zone were:

With Matthew Adams as your instructor this course will be a comprehensive look at the Advanced Trading techniques used by Professional Option Traders. Experience Trading Options is required as a prerequisite to attending this training.

CRITICALLY, with Matthew’s many years of floor trading experience you will be taught to look at markets the way only 1% of the professional trading community does.

Course Outline

Paritech are pleased to announce a course on how to trade the ASX Option Markets and the United States Equity Markets .

ASX Options Markets

1. Review Synthetics
   • Trading methods using synthetic positions
   • Defensive strategies using synthetic positions
   • Synthetic Trend analysis
      
2. Trend Following
   • Fundamental and Technical analysis
   • Momentum Trading
      
3. Review Conversions, Reversals and Boxes
    
4. Volatility: Will you make more money in up or down trending markets?
   • Implied, Historic and Future volatility uses/abuses
   • Zero-Sum Game and volatility
   • Option pricing without volatility
      
5. Option Trading Strategies: US government approved strategies through to Market-Maker Specials
   • How and when to enter the market
   • How many contracts or shares to trade at any time
   • How much money to risk on each trade
   • How to exit the trade if it becomes unprofitable
   • How to exit the trade if it becomes profitable
      
6. Day trading vs. Position trading
   • Day trading S&P 500 mini futures
   • Day trading volatile Equity Options
   • Setting up Option positions
      
7. Option Exam
   Helping you test and refine the knowledge gained in a practical manner.

US Options Markets

The section of the course will be a comprehensive look at the largest and most liquid equity and bond market in the world. The major advantage of this market is the huge variety of stocks and industry sectors not available here. For example access to Defence Industry stocks, not available here.

You will specifically learn about:

• Setting up US trading Accounts
• The differences between open outcry and specialist trading systems
• ETOs and Flex options
• Index options and arbitrage
• ADRs

Also a look into all the new products that have taken the US by storm:

• Spdrs
• Holdrs
• Boxes
• and more…

An advanced look into, market maker trading techniques that allow for managing multiple market positions.

Learning to trade the markets is a process. Understanding that you must trade globally is a MUST. The US Market is the market of choice and it’s time to learn to de-mystify this volatile market leader.

CRITICALLY, with Matthew’s many years of US floor trading experience you will be taught to look at markets the way only 1% of the professional trading community does.

You will see how easy it can be to manage and maintain global positions from anywhere in the world.

Cost: $440.00

To book, call 1300 652 511 and speak to any of our service staff or for course dates and online bookings, please click here.