Option Market Making: Trading and Risk Analysis for the Financial and Commodity Option Markets: 21 (Wiley Finance)

by Baird (Author), Allen Jan Baird (Author), Allen Jan Baird (Author)

New
Hardcover
1992
$88.72

Approaches trading from the viewpoint of market makers and the part they play in pricing, valuing and placing positions. Covers option volatility and pricing, risk analysis, spreads, strategies and tactics for the options trader, focusing on how to work successfully with market makers. Features a special section on synthetic options and the role of synthetic options market making (a role of increasing importance on the trading floor). Contains numerous graphs, charts and tables.

Synopsis

Approaches trading from the viewpoint of market makers and the part they play in pricing, valuing and placing positions. Covers option volatility and pricing, risk analysis, spreads, strategies and tactics for the options trader, focusing on how to work successfully with market makers. Features a special section on synthetic options and the role of synthetic options market making (a role of increasing importance on the trading floor). Contains numerous graphs, charts and tables.

$88.72

Save:$25.32 (22%)

Quantity

20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 02 Oct 1992
ISBN 10: 0471578320
ISBN 13: 9780471578321

Author Bio

Allen Jan Baird, PhD, is a director of equity trading responsible for training and managing proprietary traders as well as trading firm capital. He was a member of the New York Board of Trade where he was an options market maker for thirteen years. He has taught at the New York Institute of Finance and is the author of Option Market Making: Trading and Risk Analysis for the Financial and Commodity Option Markets (Wiley). He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at allenjanbaird@hotmail.com.