Options spread trading is simpler, easier and less terrifying than most people believe. All you need is some elementary understanding of the options spreads and a discipline to follow few basic strategies.

During recent months, I have written and published more than two dozen articles on stockinvestor.com about options spread trading. I tried to explain which traits every successful spread trader needs, how to identify market trends, which trading strategy to use and how to control risk. My hope in writing these articles was that you will be able to take them, learn from them and begin trading.

There are guides available for options trading that someone with a PhD in mathematics might have a tough time following. Yet, those guides cannot assure you of any greater level of profitability then the simple information I provided in this series of articles.