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0DTE options trading, behavioral finance, and decision-making under time pressure - this book studies what tends to happen inside the mind when markets move fast and expiration is close. 0DTE Options Trading: A Behavioral Finance Perspective explores common cognitive and emotional patterns that can appear in same-day expiration environments, where rapid feedback and a loud internal clock can reshape perception. Instead of framing markets as a contest to “beat,” this book treats the session as an observation lab for attention, interpretation, and stress. Topics include: How time pressure...

Unlock the professional edge in futures trading—without the hype. If you’re tired of guesswork, emotional trades, and inconsistent results, this book delivers the clarity and structure most traders never develop. "How to Trade Stock Index Futures" is a no-fluff, execution-focused guide designed to transform beginners into disciplined operators in the futures market. Written by Max Koren with the voice of a veteran Wall Street trader and the clarity of a performance coach, this book reveals how real professionals approach U.S. index futures—including ES (S&P 500), NQ (Nasdaq 100), RTY ...

0DTE options, economic releases, central bank days, and earnings windows create some of the most compressed and confusing hours in modern markets. Prices can move fast, volatility can reprice in minutes, and the market’s reaction can appear to “disagree” with the headline. 0DTE Options Trading on Red Folder Days is an educational study of how expectations may become embedded in short-dated options prices before scheduled events, and how outcomes can diverge from reactions once the information hits. Rather than treating event days as single moments, this book frames them as timelines: ...

0DTE options and same-day expiration options can behave very differently from longer-dated contracts. With little time left, option premiums may respond quickly to small price changes, shifts in implied volatility, and changing liquidity. 0DTE Options Trading Foundations offers a clear, beginner-friendly explanation of these mechanics, with a steady focus on interpretation and risk. Topics include: What 0DTE means and why same-day expiration can feel “compressed” The option contract in plain English, including intrinsic vs extrinsic value Bid, ask, spreads, and why the “price” is ...

Options don’t have to be overwhelming. They just need to be explained clearly. Options for Beginners is a plain-English introduction to options contracts designed for readers who want to understand how options work—without hype, predictions, or pressure to trade. Instead of overwhelming you with strategies or promises, this book focuses on conceptual clarity. You’ll learn what options actually are, how they’re structured, and why they behave the way they do—so the language of options finally makes sense. This book is written for beginners who have heard terms like calls, puts, ...

ETF Price Action Basics is a clear, beginner-focused introduction to how widely followed index ETFs like SPY and QQQ actually behave in real markets — and why their movement often feels confusing, emotional, or contradictory. Rather than teaching strategies or trading systems, this book focuses on understanding market behavior. It explains how price moves, how volatility changes the experience of markets, and why instruments like the VIX are frequently misunderstood. The goal is not to tell you what to do, but to help you recognize what you are seeing. Many beginners hear terms like price...

Trading Decision Traps is an educational study of how retail decision-making can shift in fast-moving markets. Rather than focusing on tactics or outcomes, this book examines the psychological patterns that often emerge when speed, noise, and urgency shape judgment. Fast markets tend to compress attention, amplify emotion, and encourage certainty before enough information is available. Under these conditions, thoughtful people can find themselves repeating familiar decision patterns that feel reasonable in the moment but difficult to explain afterward. This book refers to those patterns as ...

Fixed income can feel confusing: bonds, interest rates, Treasury bills, and cash alternatives can move for different reasons, and headlines often leave out the details that matter. Fixed Income in Plain English is a beginner-friendly guidebook that explains the core mechanics behind bond pricing and the everyday language used in modern markets, without hype or predictions. Topics include: The price-and-yield relationship and why bond prices can change as market yields change Maturity vs duration and how time sensitivity is commonly described in fixed income Treasury bills, notes, and bonds,...

Gold futures and options are widely discussed but rarely explained in a way that feels clear, grounded, and realistic for beginners. This book takes a calm, educational approach to understanding how gold is traded in modern financial markets through futures and options, without promises, shortcuts, or hype. Gold Futures and Options for Beginners is a descriptive guide to how gold derivatives work, how futures and options differ, and why prices move the way they do. Rather than focusing on predictions or outcomes, the book emphasizes structure, mechanics, and interpretation. It is written ...

0DTE Options and the VIX: A Market Study examines two closely watched parts of modern markets: same-day expiration index options (0DTE) and volatility measures commonly discussed through the VIX, VIX futures, and VIX options. The focus stays descriptive and mechanics-first, with careful definitions, clear timelines, and an emphasis on interpretation over prediction. Readers are guided through how option pricing conditions can shift intraday when time to expiration is measured in hours, and why the VIX is best understood as a summary of index option pricing over a forward window rather than ...

Zero DTE Options for Beginners is a clear, calm introduction to options contracts that expire on the same trading day. Written for readers new to same-day expiration, this book focuses on understanding structure, mechanics, and risk rather than outcomes or instructions. Zero days to expiration options, often called Zero DTE or 0DTE, behave differently from longer-dated options. Time is compressed, sensitivity can change quickly, and prices often respond in ways that feel unfamiliar to new readers. This guide explains why those differences exist and how the market expresses them as ...

Interest Rate Cycles and Asset Allocation offers a clear, grounded look at how interest rate changes shape financial markets, without hype, predictions, or instructions. When the Federal Reserve discusses rate cuts, headlines multiply and opinions harden. Bonds are said to benefit. Stocks are said to reprice. Cash is said to lose appeal. Yet the real story is more complex, and often misunderstood. This book is written to slow the conversation down and replace confident slogans with careful interpretation. Using plain English and thoughtful examples, this book explores how interest rate ...

Energy Futures for Beginners is a clear, educational introduction to how energy futures markets work, using crude oil futures as a primary learning model. This book focuses on understanding structure, mechanics, and market behavior rather than strategies or execution. Crude oil futures are widely referenced in discussions about energy markets, inflation, and global economic conditions. Yet for many beginners, concepts such as contract size, expiration, volatility, and futures curves can feel confusing or intimidating. This book is designed to reduce that confusion by explaining how energy ...

Understanding the Supertrend Indicator for Beginners is an educational study of one of the most widely discussed volatility-based indicators in modern market analysis. Rather than presenting Supertrend as a shortcut, signal system, or predictive tool, this book examines how the indicator actually behaves on charts and what it is designed to describe. The focus is on structure, context, and interpretation, helping readers understand what Supertrend is showing and why it behaves differently across time frames and market environments. This book explores Supertrend as a volatility-adjusted ...

0DTE options, intraday liquidity, and inflation shocks have become closely linked topics in modern markets. The 0DTE Options Liquidity Cycle examines how same-day expiration options can interact with rate expectations and shifting liquidity conditions, especially around inflation-driven event minutes. Written in plain English, this book treats markets as a sequence of observable constraints - spreads, depth, volatility repricing, and late-day deadline pressure - rather than a single headline story. Across the open, midday, and close, the market’s “liquidity cycle” can change character...

Most traders don’t fail because they lack market knowledge. They fail because they can’t execute consistently when pressure is present. Stock Index Futures Execution is a practical, execution-first guide for traders who already understand market structure but struggle with hesitation, inconsistency, over-management, or emotional decision-making. Rather than adding more indicators, setups, or predictions, this book focuses on the single skill that determines long-term survival in futures trading: disciplined execution. This book bridges the gap between knowing what to do and actually ...

0DTE straddles sit at the crossroads of options pricing, intraday volatility, and a fast-moving expiration clock. 0DTE Straddles Foundations studies how same-day straddles are priced and repriced through the session, with clear explanations of the Greeks, pricing shifts, and trading conditions that shape what appears on an options chain. Written in plain English for beginners, this book treats the straddle premium as a market-made package, shaped by underlying movement, time pressure, uncertainty pricing, and the bid-ask environment. All examples are illustrative and fictional, focusing on ...

Most traders fail not because they lack effort — but because they trade the most crowded, emotionally charged markets. How to Trade Bond Futures and Options is a practical, professional guide to trading U.S. Treasury futures with structure, discipline, and control — designed for traders who want clarity instead of chaos. Unlike fast-moving equity index markets dominated by noise and impulse, Treasury futures operate with deeper liquidity, stronger institutional participation, and clearer structural behavior. This book shows you how to understand that structure, manage risk precisely, ...

Agricultural Futures Trading is a professional, education-first guide to understanding how grain and soft commodity markets actually work—and how disciplined traders learn to operate within them over time. Unlike books that focus on predictions, indicators, or hype-driven strategies, this book is built around structure, seasonality, participation, and repeatable execution. Agricultural futures behave differently than equities and financial markets because they are rooted in biology, weather, logistics, and production cycles. Traders who fail to understand these realities often struggle ...

Understanding Prop Firm Trading Evaluations examines how modern proprietary trading firms design evaluations, manage risk, and monitor participant behavior under tightly defined rules. Rather than focusing on tactics or outcomes, this book explores the structure of prop firm environments themselves. It looks at why evaluations are built around drawdowns, time limits, rule density, and consistency constraints, and how those design choices shape behavior, perception, and pressure. Written in plain English for non-specialists, this book treats proprietary trading evaluations as systems to be ...