The idea of making the most of buying and selling volatility just isn’t new, however is thought to only some gamers within the derivatives trade. Buying and Selling Volatility is the primary e-book to elucidate this buying and selling technique intimately with out utilizing advanced arithmetic. Offering a brand new method to the topic of choices, seen purely from a volatility viewpoint, the creator makes use of illustrations to obviously clarify the connection between volatility and choices. He explains how traders can revenue from the volatility, or lack of volatility, of an choice worth no matter whether or not the market rises or falls. Useful to each novice traders and skilled merchants, Buying and Selling Volatility additionally provides the reader with a danger administration software program system that’s akin to these used commercially.
Table of Contents
An Introduction to the Concept of Volatility Trading.
A Review of Some Basic Concepts.
The Price Profile of Derivatives earlier than Expiry.
The Simple Long Volatility Trades.
The Short Volatility Trade.
Using Put Options in Volatility Trade.
Managing Combinations of Options.
More Complex Aspects of Volatility Trading.
Appendix.
Index.
Author Information
Kevin B. Connolly was Head of Quantitative Research at James Capel & Co. He then joined Cresvale International Asset Management as Director liable for instituting scientific danger administration for Cresvale’s principal Japanese warrants market-making part. He is at the moment enterprise analysis into advanced volatility buying and selling for Refco Overseas Ltd, and is organising gross sales and buying and selling methods for Japanese warrants and convertible bonds for Independent Capital Corporation. He additionally lectures at City University Business School and London Guildhall University, UK.