Bøger af Brian Johnson

Guidebook to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), an epic 2650 mile hike from California's Mexican border to Canada's British Columbia. One of the world's best hikes, the route passes through California, Oregon and Washington State, taking in the Mojave desert, High Sierras, Cascades and countless more wild mountains.

When God Becomes Real shares Brian Johnson's descent into anxiety and panic disorder, and how he discovered God's presence in the darkest night. After struggling with panic and anxiety from a very young age, Brian had been panic free for most of his adult life. Then, in the most successful season of his career, he suffered a debilitating break-down. In the midst of that attack, Brian gathered his children and said, "This is when God becomes real." Over the course of the next year, as waves of panic crushed him, Brian only found relief through worship and the reading of the Word. As he examined the panic of his youth, Brian found that the darkness of his own anxiety was an invitation to find the real presence of God. Come with Brian on this journey as he invites you into an experience of God's presence, even in the darkest hour.

Guidebook to walking the GR10, the Sentier des Pyrenees, a 955km trek across the French Pyrenees from Hendaye on the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean coast at Banyuls-sur-Mer. The book describes 55 stages, with information on planning, transport, accommodation and facilities. Walk the entire GR10 in around 45 days or in shorter trips.

Guidebook detailing seven circular treks of 4-12 days in the beautiful Pyrenees. The varied routes cover both sides of the French-Spanish border and include both the High Pyrenees and the lower, more gentle mountains of the Basque Country and Catalonia. Variants are suggested for those wishing to shorten or extend the treks.

If you asked the ancient stoic philosophers how to live a good life, they''d answer you in a single word: Arete. We translate Arete as ''virtue'' or ''excellence'' but the word has a deeper meaning - something closer to being your best self moment to moment to moment. Phil Stutz, MD, the author of The Tools, who was featured in the Netflix documentary called Stutz, wrote the foreword to the book. He says: ''What Brian has developed is much more than a bunch of coping mechanisms for the over-stressed modern person; although that would be an improvement for most of us. He''s developed a training program for the soul. Commit to this training and you will gain the ability to transmute your biggest problems, your darkest days, into unstoppable courage, endless enthusiasm, and an unshakable faith in the future. This book will change your life. And, if enough of us commit, it will change the world.''

Full of the leading Effam characters, this is the final book in the Captain Shoelace trilogy. Will Captain Shoelace finally leave the English village of Effam? Will a buyer come forward to buy his house, formerly known as No.9 Cleo Lane, which he has understatedly renamed 'Magnificent Mansion'?Will he achieve his life-long ambition to meet the Queen?Will his true identity be revealed?Will the thuggish Constable Haywain get his just desserts?What has happened to Mr Johnson's sumptuous Donald Duck novelty slippers?All this, and more, will be revealed as the Captain Shoelace series comes to a dramatic conclusion."Captain Shoelace, I thought it was just malarkey, when you told me about your Iraqi khaki parquet." said Sam poetically on her return, to what might loosely be described as, the garden.Contains Adult humour.

Original Version: An introduction to the crazy world of Captain Shoelace. A hilarious tale of the first year of Captain Shoelace's life in the English village of Effam. Split over four seasons, his life accelerates into a living nightmare as he endeavours to impress the villagers. This warning to all that pretentiousness does not pay, features colourful characters, wordplay and moderate sexual innuendo. Targeted for anyone aged 16 to 116 who possess a sense of humour."He replied; Mr Tarantula, the idea that you could consider yourself on the same social level as an officer of the realm is utterly ridiculous. My good fellow, what would the Queen say if she found out that I was on first name terms with somebody like you!""Would you like a vol-au-vent? No thank you Mrs Johnson, I'm saving myself until I get married.""Magnificent!"

Brian Johnson is a man who went looking for gold and found so much more-a soulmate for life, the child he had always dreamed of, and the joy of working alongside people who loved him. Brian Johnson lived his life in unexpected ways, choosing adventure over the predictable day-to-day. Working side-by-side with his brother, Loren, he struck gold repeatedly in the wilderness of Alaska and the Yukon as a modern-day goldminer for more than forty years. Brian endured family turmoil, personal danger, and financial distress in that time, only to learn that while the earth pays a miner richly with gold, an even greater treasure can be found in the love of brotherhood, family, and the freedom to lead the life you want. Filled with life lessons, Brian's story shows that the wonder and wealth of gold find us when we're not looking for it and sparkles just as brightly in the lives and hearts of those we love.

Arthur Halfpenny is the Contracts Manager for a UK business organisation that he has been employed by for more years than he cares to recall. This enterprise is euphemistically known as 'The Club', and happens to be the most violent and feared organised crime syndicate in London. The Club is ruled with an iron rod by the Carter family, whose power and influence is widespread.Arthur's dream of retiring to Spain is one that he shares with his wife Helen, but life for Arthur is not that easy. Before he dare broach the subject of early retirement Arthur strongly suspects that he will have another contract to fulfil.A drug dealer has been ripping off the Carters, which is never a smart thing to do. The culprit's 'resignation' from The Club will surely soon be ordered. Arthur's intention is to use his latest protégé Martin Rooney to effect this person's permanent removal from the staff list. The sociopathic Rooney enjoys killing people, so Arthur's commission is well received by his devoted acolyte.When a British Military Intelligence Section 5 (MI5) departmental head discovers that a gang suspected of smuggling weapons into the country are actually trafficking teenage girls, the information is passed onto the police. Corruption in the police is rife, and nothing happens to the gang who carry on unhindered.A small team within MI5 decide to take the law into their own hands by utilising the services of The Club against the people traffickers. In the long run their decision proves to be both devastating and far-reaching.When this MI5 unit embark on an unofficial mission to topple The Club, the key to their chances of success hinge on Arthur Halfpenny, but will Arthur have the courage or desire to change sides?The hitman Rooney has a massive problem of his own. He also has an objective of his own design; he just needs to live long enough to accomplish it.

YES I CAN! YES I CAN! YES I CAN! Is a book created by Tyree and Liza Mosley. The book is about a father who encourages his daughter to believe that she can be whatever she wants to be and all she has to say is I CAN I CAN I CAN....It's a fun colorful modern day Children's classic that is for the whole family! There is also a coloring book inside of the paperback.

This sequel to 'Seasonal Mayhem' continues to detail Captain Shoelaces's chaotic existence in the village of Effam. Following on from the previous story, the manic tale of his magnificent self destruction continues at a cracking pace. Already rich in characterisation, additional colourful people from Effam enter the story to great effect. Particularly, watch out for Dolly Claptrap, who is the famous Mr Johnson's mother-in-law. Brilliant!!

Achieve Your Goals Now! Are you failing to see the importance of goals? Are you struggling to set goals? Are you tired of setting goals and failing? Are you ready to put all that behind you, and finally start rising to the challenge of setting and achieving your goals? In this short and action-oriented book, Brian Johnson, takes you on a simple process to help go from struggling to set and/or achieve goals to understanding what it takes to do both! In this guide you will find: The importance on setting goals, tips for setting goals, how to set goals and accomplish them, plus MORE..! This book equips readers with the key to unlocking the potential inside of them to achieve all they want and MORE! Don't wait! Own this book and claim what's yours today!

Written by Brian Johnson, a professional investment manager with many years of trading and teaching experience, Option Strategy Risk/Return Ratios introduces a revolutionary new framework for evaluating, comparing, adjusting, and optimizing option income strategies. Drawing on his extensive background in option-pricing and on decades of experience in investment management and trading, Brian Johnson developed these tools specifically to manage option income strategies. Unlike crude rules-of-thumb, these revolutionary new tools can be applied to any option income strategy, on any underlying security, in any market environment. Risk and return are timeless concepts in finance and trading, but this is the first time both concepts have been integrated successfully into a consistent approach for managing option income strategies. Option Strategy Risk/Return Ratios is written in a clear, easy-to-understand fashion and explains how to apply risk/return ratios to condors, butterflies, calendars, double diagonals, and even hybrid income strategies. Created especially for investors who have some familiarity with options, this practical guide begins with an examination of option income strategies and is followed by a review of the option Greeks, the building blocks of option risk management. Next, a critique of common adjustment triggers lays the foundation for a detailed explanation of these exciting new tools: option strategy risk/return ratios. Each option income strategy is explained, evaluated, and ranked using these new tools with complete descriptions and graphical examples. The book includes over sixty separate graphs and tables to illustrate how risk/return ratios behave using specific strategy examples in actual market conditions. The risk/return ratios are then used to introduce a new hybrid strategy that combines the best characteristics of the other income strategies. Finally, the last chapter examines practical considerations and prospective applications of these innovative new tools. Not only are the formulas provided for every calculation, but each risk/return ratio is explained intuitively and depicted graphically. For traders who are not mathematically inclined, Option Strategy Risk/Return Ratios also includes a link to an Excel spreadsheet with macros designed to calculate all of the risk/return ratios introduced in the book. About the Author: Brian Johnson designed, programmed, and implemented the first return sensitivity based parametric framework actively used to control risk in fixed income portfolios. He further extended the capabilities of this approach by designing and programming an integrated series of option valuation, prepayment, and optimization models. Based on this technology, Mr. Johnson founded Lincoln Capital Management's fixed income index business, where he ultimately managed over $13 billion in assets for some of the largest and most sophisticated institutional clients in the U.S. and around the globe. He later served as the President of a financial consulting and software development firm, designing artificial intelligence-based forecasting and risk management systems for institutional investment managers. Mr. Johnson is now a full-time proprietary trader in options, futures, stocks, and ETFs primarily using algorithmic trading strategies. In addition to his professional investment experience, he also designed and taught courses in financial derivatives for both MBA and undergraduate business programs. He has written articles for the Financial Analysts Journal, Active Trader, and Seeking Alpha and he regularly shares his trading insights and research ideas as the editor of www.TraderEdge.Net. Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. degree in finance with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA degree with a specialization in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Description: This Book Includes: This Book contains 2 Books, Options Trading for Beginners and Options Tradind Strategies.This is the list of topics that you will find in the BundleIn this book, you will learn: Options Trading For Beginners: The Basics of Options TradingTypes of Trading OptionAdvantages of Trading in OptionComponents of Trading in Option ContractFundamentals of the Pricing OptionStarting Trading in OptionsPlatforms and Tools for Trading Options LeverageWhy Leverage Can be RiskierThe Advantages and Disadvantages of Trading Leverage OptionHow Much Leverage it Takes to Trade in OptionsHow You Can Manage Risk in Options Trading.How You Can Trade Options Intelligently.The Support and ResistancesThe Different Features of Technical AnalysisThe Different Types of Graphs Used for Technical AnalysisStrategies and Risk That Can be Applied in the Technical AnalysisHow to Control Emotions and Have the Right MindsetDescribe Examples of TradeThe Probable Tips and Suggestions to Succeed with the OptionPossible Errors to Avoid that Can be Committed in Option TradingIn this book, you will learn: Options Trading Strategies: Basic training on options and options tradingInformation on various commissions, fees, and the effects of slippageThe most informative discussion on about brokers and trading platforms, along with advice on how to find the best onesAn identification of risks involved in trading and techniques you can use to limit your risk exposureTraining on how you can develop your own trading strategyThe most explicit instructions on how to use technical indicators to analyze your trade positionsThe most insightful discussion of several basic options trading strategiesA comprehensive review of several advanced options trading strategiesThe most in-depth assessment of some case studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of options as a trading tool in comparison to other techniques

Overcome Your Financial Problems Now! Do you have more month than money after every payday? Are you struggling with debt? Are you struggling to get your finances under control?Are you ready to get out of debt and build up your finances to a level you can be proud of and beyond?In this short and action-oriented book, Brian Johnson, will take you on a simple process to help go from struggling with your finances to understanding where your financial problems come from and how to solve them.In this guide you will find: Where your financial problems come fromCommon financial problems we all face everydayHow to solve your financial problems through a simple processPlus MORE..!This book will equip readers with the fundamentals for what it takes to go from "rags to riches"Don't wait! Own this book today and make your financial struggles a thing of the past

DESCRIPTION: Are you looking to make a lot of money, from options trading and investing your money? If the answer is yes to both, and then you need to read this book as soon as possible and start making money. We are going to be talking about options trading and helping you understand how to make money from trading with options. Options trading is one of the most lucrative methods to make a lot of money, as it is straightforward to get into once you understand the basics. The basics have been altered with a lot in the past years, which is why we created this book; that way, everybody knows the right answers to options trading so that they can start making money.In this book, you will learn: Introduction: Talk about the book.Chapter 1: Options Trading 101: Talk about what options are and how they were created.Chapter 2: How to start options trading: Talk about the ways to get started with trading.Chapter 3: Short term strategy: Explain to the readers how you can make money in the short term with options trading.Chapter 4: Long term strategy: Talk about long term strategies with options trading.Chapter 5: Put them together: Explain to the readers what people who are well versed in trading do for both long term and short termChapter 6: How to avoid risk: Talk about the potential risk with options trading and how you can prevent itChapter 7: Advanced options trading: Talk about options trading, and how it can help you to make even more money.Chapter 8: Tips for success: Touch up on how to be successful with options tradingChapter 9: Put it all together: Give readers a full-proof way to make long term money with options trading.Conclusion: As you can see, we will be going through everything in this book to make sure that you are ready to start trading in the options market. Keep in mind, and this book has everything from beginners advice to advance advice, which makes this book one of the most excellent books to read on options trading. If you are looking to slowly build-up to the advanced level of options trading, then this book will help you to get there. Just make sure that you read the basics before you get into all the Advanced Techniques. And as always, don't wait for this book to go off the air. The truth is we don't know how long this book will be on the market, which is why we want you to make sure that you start utilizing that information provided to you in this book so you can be successful with options trading. If you wait another month to get this book, the chances are the prices will go up and you will be a month away from making money. Instead, if you spend the money right now, and get this book, then you will be in a much better position to making money and to do it quickly.

DescriptionThe resources people find on the internet in the form of articles and research papers are excellent and informative, but the problem with that kind of knowledge is its lack of arrangement. Most of these resources will give you distorted information because however, you concentrate, you will find something that will distract you. As you are reading about options, you will find an attached article on cooking styles, and as you read on, you will find a funny cat video or an ad. Once you are on that trail, there is no going back. It is no wonder the greatest minds of our time insist on books, not videos or articles. They say that distorted knowledge leads to a distorted mind. It is a joy to bring you an ordered, well-written book on options and options trading. Options Trading Strategies: Advanced Guide with All the Latest Winning Strategies, Practical Tips, and Suggestions That Will Make the Difference in Your Trading. Start Generating Income Now is designed to equip you with the latest and most practical knowledge on tips, techniques, and strategies that will get you more informed and equipped to trade efficiently. You see, almost everyone wants to have multiple streams of income. We read about it in motivational books. We also have motivational speakers pounding information into our heads about how important it is to begin projects that will help us to raise both passive and active income-generating projects and looking at various industries; we can agree that the financial market is one of the most lucrative. Instead of marching forth and doing something, our journey towards self-improvement ends with us nodding our heads and scribbling some illegible words on our notepads. Well, this ends today because I am here to remind us of one incredibly lucrative venture: options trading. Through this reading, I take you back to the basics of options and options trading strategies, starting from the basics and building up to advanced knowledge. In this book, you will find: Basic training on options and options tradingInformation on various commissions, fees, and the effects of slippageThe most informative discussion on about brokers and trading platforms, along with advice on how to find the best onesAn identification of risks involved in trading and techniques you can use to limit your risk exposureTraining on how you can develop your own trading strategyThe most explicit instructions on how to use technical indicators to analyze your trade positionsThe most insightful discussion of several basic options trading strategiesA comprehensive review of several advanced options trading strategiesThe most in-depth assessment of some case studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of options as a trading tool in comparison to other techniques

Brian Johnson, an investment professional with over 30 years of experience, is the author of three pioneering books on options: 1) Option Strategy Risk / Return Ratios, 2) Exploiting Earnings Volatility, and 3) Option Income Strategy Trade Filters. His new in-depth (80+ page) article, Option Strategy Hedging and Risk Management, presents a comprehensive analytical framework and accompanying spreadsheet tools for managing and hedging option strategy risk. Drawing on his extensive background in option-pricing and on decades of experience in investment management and trading, Brian Johnson developed these practical techniques to hedge the unique and often overlooked risks associated with trading option strategies. These revolutionary new tools can be applied to any option strategy, in any market environment. Option Strategy Hedging and Risk Management is written in a clear, easy-to-understand fashion and explains how to apply market-specific hedging techniques, using several different hedging vehicles. Created especially for readers who have some familiarity with options, this practical guide begins with a review of position sizing, including a detailed analysis of the implicit assumptions and embedded risks that could have disastrous consequences, particularly for option traders. Chapter 2 includes a comprehensive description and analysis of the actual option strategy, position model, and trade rules that are used to create real-world option strategy hedges in the subsequent chapters. This is followed by a thorough explanation and a concrete example of how to use futures to hedge option strategy exit risk. Surprisingly, futures are not well understood in the option community and very few traders employ this simple, effective, and virtually free hedging tool. The next two chapters present a common analytical and hedging framework that is used to identify the most cost-effective hedging solutions for an actual option strategy in a real-world market environment. The process used to identify the lowest-cost hedging solution using actual VIX call options is explained in Chapter 4, followed by the same hedging analysis using put options on the underlying security in Chapter 5. All hedging examples in the article use real-time market prices and actual analytical results. Proprietary research is included in the article to provide validation for the analytical framework. The article was written to be accessible to a wide audience, so very few mathematical formulas are provided in the text. However, several important formulas are included to facilitate the understanding of important concepts, and to provide further research opportunities for inquisitive traders. The article also includes thirty separate graphs and tables to illustrate how the tools can be used in practice. Perhaps most important, Option Strategy Hedging and Risk Management includes a download link to the accompanying Excel spreadsheet with macros designed to perform all of the position sizing and hedging calculations in the article. Chapters 1, 3, 4, and 5 all have their own dedicated tabs in the spreadsheet. The data from the article is included in the spreadsheet, which allows the reader to reproduce all of the examples from the article. All of the spreadsheet functions are automated through the use of push-button macros, making spreadsheet operation as simple as possible. Finally, Chapter 6 examines practical considerations and prospective applications of these innovative new tools.

Exploiting Earnings Volatility introduces an innovative new framework for evaluating, optimizing, and trading option strategies to profit from earnings-related pricing anomalies. Leveraging his extensive background in option-pricing and decades of experience in investment management and trading, Brian Johnson developed this inventive approach specifically to design and manage option earnings strategies. In an Active Trader article titled "Modeling Implied Volatility," Mr. Johnson introduced a formula for aggregating discrete volatility measures into a single metric that can be used with conventional option pricing formulas to accurately model implied volatility before and after earnings announcements. The practical application of this formula has profound implications for option trading and strategy development. Exploiting Earnings Volatility is written in a clear, understandable fashion and explains how to use this novel approach to 1) solve for the expected level of earnings volatility implicitly priced in an option matrix, 2) calculate historical levels of realized and implied earnings volatility, 3) develop strategies to exploit divergences between the two, and 4) calculate expected future levels of implied volatility before and after earnings announcements. Furthermore, Exploiting Earnings Volatility also includes two Excel spreadsheets. The Basic spreadsheet employs minimal input data to estimate current and historical earnings volatility and utilizes those estimates to forecast future levels of implied volatility around earnings announcements. The Integrated spreadsheet includes a comprehensive volatility model that simultaneously integrates and quantifies every component of real-world implied volatility, including earnings volatility. This powerful tool allows the user to identify the precise level of over or undervaluation of every option in the matrix and to accurately forecast future option prices and option strategy profits and losses before and after earnings announcements. The Integrated spreadsheet even includes an optimization tool designed to identify the option strategy with the highest level of return per unit of risk. Written specifically for investors who have familiarity with options, this practical guide begins with a detailed review of volatility and an explanation of the aggregate implied volatility formula. A separate chapter provides a conceptual and mathematical explanation of "True Greeks," accurate measures of risk and return sensitivity that reflect the real-world behavior of options. New option Greeks that are specific to earnings announcements are also introduced. Four chapters explain how to use the Basic and Integrated spreadsheets and two chapters document trade examples that use actual market data and analytical results from both spreadsheets to design a unique option strategy to exploit earnings-related pricing and volatility anomalies. The final chapter examines practical considerations and prospective applications of these innovative new tools. This book introduces a new analytical framework that may sound complicated at first, but is really quite intuitive. The formulas presented in the book are limited to basic high-school algebra. Mathematical relationships are also explained intuitively and depicted graphically. Most important, you will not need to perform any of these calculations manually. Exploiting Earnings Volatility includes a link to Excel spreadsheets that perform all of the calculations described in the book. The unique price and volatility behavior of options before and after discrete earnings announcements is an enigma to most option traders, even to many professionals. The aggregate volatility formula is relatively simple, but it has profound implications. When integrated with a real-world volatility model, it offers unique insights into earnings volatility, price behavior, option strategy construction, and prospective value-added opportunities.

"In Aretâe, Brian Johnson integrates ancient wisdom, modern science, and practical tools to, as per the subtitle of the book, help you win the ultimate game of life and fulfill your destiny."--

One of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life.Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange.When the album, Back in Black, was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.”The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.

Brian Johnson, a professional investment manager with many years of trading and teaching experience, is the author of two pioneering books on options: 1) Option Strategy Risk / Return Ratios: A Revolutionary New Approach to Optimizing, Adjusting, and Trading Any Option Income Strategy, and 2) Exploiting Earnings Volatility: An Innovative New Approach to Evaluating, Optimizing, and Trading Option Strategies to Profit from Earnings Announcements. His new in-depth (100+ page) article, Option Income Strategy Trade Filters, represents the culmination of years of research into developing a systematic framework for optimizing the timing of Option Income Strategy (OIS) trades. His research was based on the analysis of 15,434 OIS trades, each with a comprehensive set of objective, tradable entry and exit rules. The results for each of the 15,000 plus trades were scaled to a constant dollar amount at risk, to ensure all trades were equally-weighted when calculating the performance metrics. The back-test results were all based on actual option prices and are summarized in this article for a selection of back-testing filters, making this one of the most comprehensive studies of option income strategy results ever published. The results of over 100 different back-tests are provided. The OIS strategy back-test results for ten different types of filters are evaluated in this article, including unique filter combinations that delivered exceptional results. A custom market-edge hypothesis was created in advance for each filter type, which was then used to evaluate the filter-specific results. This critical step helped identify robust, exploitable relationships, rather than spurious correlations. Several of the resulting filters generated over 95% winning trades, with average returns of over six percent per trade (including losing trades). The ratios of cumulative gains to cumulative losses were over 20 to 1 for a few of the best performing filters. Option Income Strategy Trade Filters is written in a clear, understandable fashion and provides detailed examples of how to create and test market-edge hypotheses using the recent advances in back-testing software. Very few formulas were included. As a result, the material in the article should be accessible to all option traders. Useful for traders with a wide range of option trading experience, this practical guide begins with a detailed review of option income strategies, including basic examples that provide the requisite foundation for subsequent chapters. Portions of this crucial background material also appeared in Brian Johnson's first book: Option Strategy Risk / Return Ratios. Chapter 2 includes a comprehensive description of the option income strategy, position model, and trade plan used to generate the back-test data. Every entry and exit rule is explained in detail, including actual graphical examples. The performance metrics for the 15,434 unfiltered OIS trades are summarized at the end of this chapter, which provide a performance benchmark for evaluating the effectiveness of the trade filters introduced in the next three chapters. The trade filters are grouped by classification, with a chapter devoted to each class or type. The market-edge hypotheses and corresponding results for trend filters are analyzed in Chapter 3. Unlike trend filters, discriminating filters exclude an increasing percentage of trades as the filter condition or threshold becomes more extreme or restrictive. The discriminating filter market-edge hypotheses and results are analyzed in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 is devoted entirely to a very unique and powerful example of a discriminating filter: the OIS Universal Filter (OISUF). The final chapter examines practical considerations and prospective applications of trade filters and other resources in managing option income strategies in actual market conditions.

Imagine yourself overwhelmed from within by a constant urge to voice every thought that erupts in your head. A chaotic tempest of ideas and philosophy on life is what leaks onto the pages of DECEPTIONS by Brian Johnson. This first collection by the author explores the emotional maze of relationships along with the conscious development of the 'self'.

By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock 'n' roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC's frontman drives balls to the wall.When he was a young boy growing up in a working-class English town, Brian developed what would become a lifelong passion for cars, trolling junkyards and even pretending to drive the family car. From there, he steamed up the windows of his old Mini Cooper as a teenager, spent untold time in hygienically challenged tour buses, was chauffeured in leather-trimmed limos, and raced cars to a checkered flag.Featuring guest stars Cliff Williams, Malcolm and Angus Young, and many, many others—even Arnold Schwarzenegger—Rockers and Rollers is a tribute to Brian's obsession with four wheels. By turns surprising, poignant, funny, and maybe a little bit bawdy, these are the stories of a man who drives as hard as he rocks.

Brian Johnson, an investment professional with over 30 years of experience, a former university derivatives professor, and an author of four pioneering books on options, introduces his latest book: Trading Option Volatility. This new in-depth book represents a breakthrough in option valuation, which has profound implications for option strategy design, option and volatility trading, and even for calculating accurate and reliable option risk metrics (Greeks). Drawing on his extensive background in option-valuation and on decades of experience in investment management and trading, Brian Johnson has developed a practical new analytical framework that generates theoretically correct and internally consistent, current and future option prices, volatility index futures prices, and risk metrics (Greeks) - across all term structures of volatilities and all term structures of interest rates. All of the required documentation, formulas, and examples are included to allow the dedicated reader to implement this new framework in practice. This new framework eliminates the invalid and unrealistic constant volatility and constant interest rate assumptions of the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) and conventional binomial option models (BOM), correcting the sizable errors that result from these assumptions. Both the BOM and BSM use different interest rate and volatility assumptions to describe the same time period when evaluating different options. This means that current and future option values calculated by the BOM and BSM are incorrect and inconsistent, as are the Greek (risk metrics) values - which rely on these invalid assumptions! Created especially for readers who have some familiarity with options, this practical guide begins with an accessible primer on all aspects of volatility, followed by a two-chapter primer on the binomial options model, followed by a primer on the Black-Scholes-Merton model. Building on that foundation, Chapter 5 provides a comprehensive explanation and detailed examples of the new option valuation and volatility aggregation framework cited above. Chapters 6 and 8, plus the accompanying comprehensive Supplement, execute and document a logical, step-by-step validation plan for all elements of this framework. The remaining chapters provide a wealth of new and practical insights for the volatility trader. You will find it fascinating that the simple, objective trade management strategies of Gamma-Scalping and Portfolio Insurance can be used to solve for the theoretical values and profits of any option or option strategy. Even more important, the Gamma-Scalping strategy can extract the realized value from an option over time, completely offsetting the loss from time decay - in the appropriate realized volatility environment. Evaluating the notorious Portfolio Insurance strategy even provides insights into managing Option Income Strategies. Finally, a number of practical and detailed volatility trade examples are examined in actual market environments. Formulas are included to facilitate the understanding of important concepts, and to provide further research opportunities for inquisitive traders. The book also includes hundreds of graphs and tables to illustrate how the framework and tools can be used in practice. A user-friendly Excel spreadsheet is also included with Trading Option Volatility. The spreadsheet uses actual market data to solve for forward volatilities, which are applied to identify and quantify volatility pricing anomalies in equity index options and volatility index futures contracts. The resulting forward volatilities are also used to calculate structurally-consistent True Vega metrics for ATM options, VIX futures, and their corresponding calendar spreads. All of the spreadsheet functions are automated through the use of push-button macros, making spreadsheet operation as simple as possible.