Options Theory
Selling Calls: It Might Be Passive, But It Ain’t Income
The premium you receive for writing calls is not passive income but compensation for risk
Kris Abdelmessih
How Markets Work
Using Insurance For Tax-Free Investment Growth
Insurance is a surgical tool -- use it carefully
Options Theory
Dispersion Trading For The Uninitiated
A gentle introduction to trading implied index correlation
Options Theory
The Monty Hall Problem Is More Than A Game
Real-life application of the Monty Hall conditional probability problem
How Markets Work
What The Widowmaker Can Teach Us About Trade Prospecting And Fool’s Gold
How an option market decomposes probability from expectancy
Options and Volatility
A Cleaner Dashboard: Z-Scores Instead Of Price Changes
Use volatility-aware price changes for more context in your dashboards
Options Theory
Portfolio Theory And The Invisible Option On Hobbies
Portfolio theory is a portable idea to other parts of life
Options Theory
Jensen’s Inequality As An Intuition Tool
Practice in distinguishing linear vs non-linear phenomena
Options Theory
Option Lenses
The importance of looking at options comparatively
How Markets Work
Getting Less Screwed On Compensation
Trading risk reversals on your bonus
How Markets Work
How I Misapplied My Trader Mindset To Investing
On overlearning lessons
Risk and Edge
Talking To The Diamond Hands
Understanding the psychology of concentrated risk-taking
How Markets Work
Why Investing Feels Like Astrology
Textbooks are far behind the market meta-game
How Markets Work
Bubbles: Knowing You’re In One Is Not Even Half The Battle
Knowing something is a bubble doesn't prescribe an easy action
Options Theory
Understanding Vega Risk
Learn how option prices depend on changes in implied volatility
Options Theory
Berkson’s Paradox
Why correlations breakdown in the presence of "range restriction"