How I learned to Trade like Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista: Book One, Trade Mechanics Paperback – September 24, 2013

The best trading book I've ever read! And I have read almost all of the financial books out there as it is a topic that I've always been interested in. I highly recommend this book if you want to learn how to trade. From now on, I will never buy another book by a person who merely knows information about the markets. From the first page, you can just tell that Tony Rihan is writing from experience and that he is a successful trader. Tony is able to unpack difficult financial concepts and trading strategies so that the average reader can understand the mechanics behind it.

Great book for reference for new options traders.

Very handy reference, well organized. The user cheat sheet at the end of the book is unreadable, to fine and the halftone obsqures the values in the tables.

Very poor grammar. Made it hard to read. Needed a proofreader in the worst way. To expensive to be such. Way too basic. Made it painful to read the same material over and over again. The book was a huge copy/paste of most material when the information would have been the same if it were a difference between calls and puts.

This book is a great reference for me on OptionsTrading. I really appreciate how easy it is to use and understand.

This book is okay, and certainly has the information you need to understand the various option strategies, but it is missing context for volume 1 of a series. I was looking for a book I could give a friend to help them understand what it is I do, and why I do it, This is not it. Tony, maybe you will come out with volume 0, or I will have to write it! Here is a starting table of content of what is missing to start you out: -):-Understanding price movement (random walk, 52% positive drift, etc..., with actual studies)-Options fundamentals (what is a call, what is a put, rights of buyer, obligations of a seller)-Understanding option pricing (time, decay, HV and IV, Black Sholes, probabilities)-Understanding the Greeks-Synthetics (-put=stock-call (covered call), etc...)-Selecting a broker (understanding commissions, must haves in a position display, etc..)-Risk Management and Trade Sizing, standard deviation, etc...-Your first trades (with criteria)I know you cover some of these topics, but a paragraph is not enough for someone just starting out, a whole chapter is needed, with justification, rationale, studies and examples, not just statements of fact.The catalog is also incomplete in describing probabilities, and probabilities is what we are all about. For example, for long call or long put, it would be nice to show a sample trade, show the low probability and demonstrate why it is not a good idea.Overall a nice almanac of 22 option strategies, especially useful when you need to learn or review about something like a calendarized put vertical, but definitely not the book that will have you trading the tasty trade way, unless you are a regular watcher of the network and just need this as a reference

Both books are great. Sir Isaac Newton said it best: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". What a better and faster way to gain the combined knowledge of two of the industry most decorated options experts (Tom Sosnoff & Tony Battista). Tony Rihan did a great job by capturing their minds. Highly recommended.Samuel Kamara (Samelco Investments Pty Ltd)

I've been trading options for the past 7 years. It is easy to fall into doing the same thing over and over again. This book wakes you up and gives you different ways to get back into the game.