Why on earth would you get into trading derivatives if you can’t even read basic option theory without getting lost? Why do you want to burn...
There is no way of getting an accurate number if you can’t use B&S. You could calculate top and bottoms bounds for the call, but that would be...
I would look into books to get started.
I wasn't able to post the pic for some reason, so the distribution went like this: Stock price (Probability) 14 (10%) 14,5...
Hi, my professor asked this at my Uni on a exam today, and I'm not sure if I did it the right way. So the question goes: Price an European ATM...
Oh, there’s plenty of that on ET. ET has to be one of the most civil forums out here. I come here for the knowledge that no option book provides,...
Guy knows his shit, there should be more people bashing all the idiots trying to praise options trading without any knowledge.
Nice.
Surely, but then again, no point making things more complicated than they appear when the answer is in the basics..
Yeah, nothing like a good ol’ gamma rape and a margin call before weekend.
[MEDIA] Yup, you’re right. I don’t know why people are even telling him about gamma waves or martingale drift, when the problem is simple as that.:)
Yeah your missing the fact, which you already stated earlier actually, that if vol goes up so does the price of the option. Which you have to buy...
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Hah, I’ll be applying.
Went through a lot more shit for so much less, in a place called the army.
Sounds pretty damn fucked, but to be honest, I’d go through a lot worse just to get a chance to intern at GS. Then again, I’m a student form...
I’m surprised that people still keep falling for this shit all the time.. Then again I remember how ignorant and foolish the average wanna-be...
I’ve traded some European equity options. There are some pretty liquid out there, but usually spreads are so wide you can drive a truck thru.
Reminds me of the book Liars Poker. They always made the new trader get all the snacks without paying for it, so he just started stealing it from...
Think of the way that IV is derived from the BS model. Since it’s the only unknown, market just has to bring everyones best guess by trading and...
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