Trading Option Greeks (eBook)

How Time, Volatility, and Other Pricing Factors Drive Profit

Dan Passarelli (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF | EPUB

2010 | 1. Auflage
330 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-88519-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Veteran options trader Dan Passarelli explains a new methodology
for option trading and valuation. With an introduction to option
basics as well as chapters on all types of spreads, put-call parity
and synthetic options, trading volatility and studying volatility
charts, and advanced option trading, Trading Option Greeks
holds pertinent new information on how more accurate pricing can
drive profit.

Most options traders focus on strategies such as covered calls,
vertical spreads, butterflies and condors, and so on. But traders
often don't know how to use the "greeks"--the five factors
that influence an option's price--to trade more
effectively.

The "greeks" (Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Rho) are tools to
measure minute changes in an option's price based on corresponding
changes in:

* Interest rates

* Time to expiration

* Price changes in the underlying security

* Volatility

* Dividends

Using the greeks can lead to more accurate pricing information
that will alert an option trader to mispriced derivatives that can
be exploited for profit. In straightforward language and making use
of charts and examples, Passarelli explains how to use the greeks
to be a better options trader.

Autor

Dan Passarelli began his career as a floor trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), trading equity options and later agricultural options and futures on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). He currently provides options education to retail and institutional traders at a premier brokerage firm. Passarelli was an instructor at the Options Institute, which is the educational arm of the CBOE. He also worked with the Options Industry Council (OIC), educating retail traders via podcasts, webcasts, live seminars, and has written numerous published articles.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments.

Foreword (William J. Brodsky).

Introduction.

Part I The Basics of Option Greeks.

1 The Basics.

2 Greek Philosophy.

3 Understanding Volatility.

4 Option-Specific Risk and Opportunity.

5 An Introduction to Volatility-Selling Strategies.

6 Put-Call Parity and Synthetics.

7 Rho.

8 Dividends and Option Pricing.

Part II Spreads.

9 Vertical Spreads.

10 Wing Spreads: Condors and Butterflies.

11 Calendar and Diagonal Spreads.

Part III Volatility.

12 Delta-Neutral Trading: Trading Implied Volatility.

13 Delta-Neutral Trading: Trading Realized Volatility.

14 Studying Volatility Charts.

Part IV Advanced Option Trading.

15 Straddles and Strangles.

16 Complex Spreads.

17 The Trader's Thought Process.

Index.

Rezensionen

"A must-read for individuals who are serious about trading
options."

--James Bittman

Author, Trading Options as a Professional

"Dan's book is a primer for options aficionados. Without bogging
you down with super-heavy math, he walks you through the key
principles and shows you what matters the most to your trading
portfolio."

--Fari Hamzei

Founder, Hamzei Analytics, LLC

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.5.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Bloomberg Professional
• Reihe/Serie: Bloomberg Professional
• Vorwort: William J. Brodsky
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: Börsenhandel • Börsenhandel • Finance & Investments • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Trading
• ISBN-10: 0-470-88519-X / 047088519X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-88519-2 / 9780470885192