Volatility Trading, + CD-ROM (Wiley Trading)
by Euan Sinclair
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Author: Euan SinclairEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-23
ISBN: 0470181990
Number of pages: 212
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: excellent book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is certainly one of the best books I read about Volatility. It is very practical and reveals a lot of details of the anatomy of trades, which were never covered in such details, in other books. I would like,however, to see the author make all his, software used, available to the public, in a software package that can be bought or licensed. Excellent book.
Tom Elias.
Summary of Volatility Trading, + CD-ROM (Wiley Trading)
In Volatility Trading, Sinclair offers you a quantitative model for measuring volatility in order to gain an edge in your everyday option trading endeavors. With an accessible, straightforward approach. He guides traders through the basics of option pricing, volatility measurement, hedging, money management, and trade evaluation. In addition, Sinclair explains the often-overlooked psychological aspects of trading, revealing both how behavioral psychology can create market conditions traders can take advantage of-and how it can lead them astray. Psychological biases, he asserts, are probably the drivers behind most sources of edge available to a volatility trader.Your goal, Sinclair explains, must be clearly defined and easily expressed-if you cannot explain it in one sentence, you probably aren't completely clear about what it is. The same applies to your statistical edge. If you do not know exactly what your edge is, you shouldn't trade. He shows how, in addition to the numerical evaluation of a potential trade, you should be able to identify and evaluate the reason why implied volatility is priced where it is, that is, why an edge exists. This means it is also necessary to be on top of recent news stories, sector trends, and behavioral psychology. Finally, Sinclair underscores why trades need to be sized correctly, which means that each trade is evaluated according to its projected return and risk in the overall context of your goals.
As the author concludes, while we also need to pay attention to seemingly mundane things like having good execution software, a comfortable office, and getting enough sleep, it is knowledge that is the ultimate source of edge. So, all else being equal, the trader with the greater knowledge will be the more successful. This book, and its companion CD-ROM, will provide that knowledge. The CD-ROM includes spreadsheets designed to help you forecast volatility and evaluate trades together with simulation engines.
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