Intraday Options Trading: How Traders Use Short-Duration Options to Capture Market Movement (The Precision Trading Series Book 1) by Guy Jackson
English | March 16, 2026 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0GSSHGX26 | 70 pages | EPUB | 0.54 Mb
Intraday Options Trading
How Traders Use Short-Duration Options to Capture Market Movement
Options trading has changed.
For decades, most options traders focused on positions that lasted weeks or months. Today, the market moves faster-and the structure of options markets has evolved to match.
With weekly and daily expirations now available, traders can participate in market movement within hours rather than weeks.
This is the world of intraday options trading.
But speed brings both opportunity and risk.
Short-duration options respond quickly to price movement, time decay, and volatility. Without understanding these forces, traders can easily find themselves reacting to the market rather than controlling their positions.
Intraday Options Trading provides a clear and practical framework for understanding how these contracts behave-and how traders structure positions designed to take advantage of market movement during the trading day.
This book explains the mechanics of modern options markets in straightforward language while emphasizing discipline and risk management.
Inside, you will learn:
✔ How options evolved from simple risk-management agreements into modern financial instruments
✔ Why option prices move and how time decay influences short-duration contracts
✔ The impact of weekly and daily expiration cycles on modern trading strategies
✔ How to select liquid options suitable for intraday trading
✔ The role of the Pattern Day Trader rule and how account structure affects trading activity
✔ How traders construct positions using calls, puts, and spreads
✔ Why many experienced traders prefer defined-risk strategies
✔ How to manage intraday trades and control risk in fast-moving markets
You will also explore practical examples of commonly used options structures, including:
* directional call and put trades
* bear put spreads
* put credit spreads
* defined-risk positions designed to shape potential outcomes
Whether you are new to options or looking to better understand how short-duration options behave during the trading day, this book provides the foundation needed to approach intraday trading with clarity.
Options trading is not about predicting every movement of the market.
It is about understanding risk, structuring positions thoughtfully, and managing trades with discipline.
For traders interested in the rapidly evolving world of short-duration options, Intraday Options Trading offers a clear starting point.
Also Coming Soon
0DTE Options Trading
The rise of same-day expiration options has created one of the fastest-moving segments of modern derivatives markets. The next book in this series explores how traders approach options that expire within hours, and why these contracts behave differently from traditional options.
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