OptionsWise traces the sharemarket through the global economic crisis, the worst bear market since the Great Depression. The book’s four investors navigate through the challenging years of 2008 and 2009 with the use of options. OptionsWise is not just about share prices and derivatives, it delves into the social demographic and emotional state of investors and explains how and why they make the investment decisions they do in the most stressful financial period in living memory. Tailored specifically for the Australian investor, readers can learn from the OptionsWise investors, what they did right and how they reacted when their investments and strategies went wrong.

Readers will identify with the common characteristics of the four investors in the book and can apply the option concepts and strategies to their own lives. Information is laid out practically and comprehensively, with actual shares and prices used. The appropriate option strategies for particular shares are brought out one at a time according to the objectives and views of the investors in the book.