"Options as a Strategic Investment" by Lawrence G. McMillan is a seminal text providing a comprehensive analysis of listed options strategies and market mechanics. While direct PDFs are rarely hosted on GitHub, repositories like jasonge27/OptionStrategies jjapp/optPortfolio

2. What You Might Actually Find While you may stumble upon repositories that claim to host the PDF, they are often:

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  1. Buying Calls: Buying calls to speculate on a price increase.
  2. Buying Puts: Buying puts to speculate on a price decrease.
  3. Covered Calls: Selling calls on a stock that you already own to generate income.
  4. Protective Puts: Buying puts on a stock that you already own to hedge against potential losses.

and T-bills to mirror S&P 500 performance with downside protection. Curated Trading Books

Week 3 — Multi-leg spreads

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