Options Trading the Hard Way is a comprehensive guide that explains option trading as it is experienced in real life. This book seeks to impart to readers the knowledge usually only gained after years of active option trading in the trenches. It also presents a comprehensive, beginning-to-end option trading process including identifying set-ups, selecting and pricing structures, and planning trades from both a risk and profit management perspective. Options Trading the Hard Way also covers trading into positions without getting ripped off, managing open positions, evaluating potential tactical and strategic adjustments, exiting positions, and properly managing expiration issues such as assignments and exercises.