STUDY FOR THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS EXAM (SIE) EXAM

Our recently published study text, Study for the Securities Industry Exam (SIE),  contains 17 chapters, closely following the official FINRA Study Guide for the exam. One of the important topics that you need to know for the SIE Exam is options. ( See 2.1.3 in the Study Guide. ) Our book  Study for the SIE Exam covers options in depth and detail. Here are the main topics which our Chapter 5 covers on Options. Be prepared for the SIE Exam. Don't walk in on the test without a working knowledge of options. Call and Put options Options Disclosure Document How to enter options tickets Long Calls Short Calls Long Puts Short Puts Terminology on short options Closing out long options Closing out short options Meaning of options positions Options strategies Bullish options Bearish options Option Strike Prices Option Premiums writing covered options Writing uncovered options Short stock & short put In-the-money options Out-of-the-money options American settlem

Bob Eder has just published his  Study for the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam  on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle e-book versions. Why should you consider Bob's book helpful for the SIE Exam? Because Bob's book tries to cover every item in FINRA's Study Outline and Guide. Here is the link to  FINRA's Outline.  Notice that FINRA's Outline is somewhat haphazard in listing items that you should know for the test. It is divided into four main sections, such as Section I,  Knowledge of the Capital Markets . It then lists subheadings such as  Regulatory Entities, Agencies and Market Participants . So far so good. But then at the end of Section I, it lists rules, lots of rules, such as FINRA Rules, MSRB Rules, SEC Rules. We interpreted the listing of rules to mean that the SIE exam expects an applicant to be familiar with the rules as far as their content and substance. Bob Eder's  Study for the SIE Exam  covers these rules individ