How Markets Work
my read on the market from the option lens
Commentary on the current market
How Markets Work
Commentary on the current market
Options Theory
how NOT to incinerate money
Options Theory
The speed game we played as we learned put/call parity
Options and Volatility
An interactive simulator to understand gamma scalping and delta hedging
Options and Volatility
continuation of the discussion on time spreads through the eyes of a vol trader
start squaring a number N then seeing what happens as you multiply 2 numbers whose average equals N
Options Theory
an intuitive way to visualize the Black-Scholes formula
Our thinking on options, trading, investing.
the subprime crisis from both real-world and quant perspectives
simulating a time spread
Vertical spreads in action
how a trader can stop the urge to time the market
Vol drag does NOT change the mean or expected return. It affects the return you are most likely to experience.
liquid and levered lead while illiquid and indirect lag
How vol drag influences vertical spreads
Forecasting your actual compounded return
gamma p/l is the same as distance covered via acceleration
On June 2nd I tweeted: June expiry in USO vol change on the 3% rally... OPEC agreed over the weekend to hike production...but you saw the Ukraine-Russia developments. Competing bullish/bearish effects Vol is lower today if you look at the June surface. But it's probably up
Non-self-weighting strategy
Uselessly long feedback loops mean investing is an act of faith