Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques, 2nd Edition

Natenberg, Sheldon

ISBN 10: 0071818774 / ISBN 13: 9780071818773

Published by McGraw Hill, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques, 2nd Edition
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071818774
• ISBN 13: 9780071818773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

WHAT EVERY OPTION TRADER NEEDS TO KNOW. THE ONE BOOK EVERY TRADER SHOULD OWN.

The bestselling Option Volatility & Pricing has made Sheldon Natenberg a widely recognized authority in the option industry. At firms around the world, the text is often the first book that new professional traders aregiven to learn the trading strategies and risk management techniques required for success in option markets.

Now, in this revised, updated, and expanded second edition, this thirty-year trading professional presents the most comprehensive guide to advanced trading strategies and techniques now in print. Covering a wide range of topics as diverse and exciting as the marketitself, this text enables both new and experiencedtraders to delve in detail into the many aspects of option markets, including:

• The foundations of option theory
• Dynamic hedging
• Volatility and directional trading strategies
• Risk analysis
• Position management
• Stock index futures and options
• Volatility contracts

Clear, concise, and comprehensive, the second edition of Option Volatility & Pricing is sure to be an important addition to every option trader's library--as invaluable as Natenberg's acclaimed seminars at the world'slargest derivatives exchanges and trading firms.

You'll learn how professional option traders approach the market, including the trading strategies and risk management techniques necessary for success. You'll gain afuller understanding of how theoretical pricing models work. And, best of all, you'll learn how to apply the principles of option evaluation to create strategies that, given a trader's assessment of market conditions and trends, have the greatest chance of success.

Option trading is both a science and an art. This book shows how to apply both to maximum effect.

About the Author

SHELDON NATENBERG is a well-known author and lecturer on options. He began his trading career in 1982 as an independent market maker in equity options at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. From 1985 to 2000 he traded commodity options, also as an independent floor trader, at the Chicago Board of Trade. Since 2000 he has been a member of the education team at Chicago Trading Company, a proprietary derivatives trading firm.