Customer Reviews

Option Trading: Pricing and Volatility Strategies and Techniques (Wiley Trading)

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This is a case where I would have liked to leave a blank rating: I simply don't know enough to grade competently. My problem with this book is that, with a few exceptions (hedging bands of chapter 11; range-based vol estimation), it could have been written twenty-plus years ago, when Black, Scholes, Merton and Rubinstein had published their papers, and the volatility smile was known but not yet addressed by academics. Academics moved on - have practitioners followed?

If yes, I would penalize the book for being out-of-date and not 'fessing up to it. I would have been quite receptive to an argument that the main ideas can be demonstrated in the oldest, fundamental model, but the more recent stuff really needs to be in the book as well.

If not, no complaints, apart from insisting on more substantial chapters 9 and 11. Once we emerge from textbook options stuff after chapter 8 - including the titular "strategies", in chapter 6 - there are only four chapters left, and one is taken up by textbook-again discussion of market-making. Less of familiar material, more of your thoughts, please.

This is a thorough and well-written discussion of options in the Black-Scholes world. (This means European equity options - no American options or exotics, no fixed-income etc.) 85% of the material was not new to me, and seen in Hull, and CFA and FRM curricula. I would wish to check if the remaining 15% had shown up in similar books, but even in that case the author deserves credit for bringing it all together, and first-rate presentation throughout. If one is looking for a comprehensive introductory-to-intermediate book on options, this is a reliable choice.

There are a handful of must-read books on Options trading and this book and the author's earlier book Volatility Trading are 2 must-reads for anyone interested in trading options. The book can be useful for anyone -from the beginner to the professional. While the author has kept the options mathematics to a minimal level, it does require some basic level of comfort with mathematical concepts. Sinclair is clear, concise and very practitioner oriented. It's rare to see a trader write (and write well) a book for traders. I enjoyed the chapters on Pin Risk and Options Market-Making, topics not discussed in many options books.

Beats the learned treatise among the crowd of professional options traders, Natenberg's 'Options Volatility and Pricing', and establishes a new precedent for the definitive text on professional options pricing and trading.

A must-read for all options traders, new and old.

This book has been a great read. I truly think that this book is a replacement for any of the outdated "option trading" books (like Natenberg). The author discusses and clarifies many topics from option risks all the way to dealing with expiration problems.

I highly recommend this book to all students who have completed their degrees in financial mathematics or finanical engeering. Whether you are fresh out of school or a junior quant (or an experienced quant), this is a fun and very useful book to read.

The only downside of this book is that it has very few errors. They are very minor that any reader with common sense can catch.

But without a doubt, this is a five-star book.

My friends and I were really surprised reading his first book.. "Hey, wait, this trading book doesn't suck. The author actually has a clue." He repeats here, but at a more accessible level for most people.

If I were running an options desk, this would be the intro course for every new member. Even it's asides on non-options markets are better than almost any other book you'll find.

Euan Sinclair has written a wonderful book on Options. It covers all the basics of (Equity) Options valuation and trading- peppered with deep insights. As expected there is some overlap with his other book- Volatility trading.

Two thumbs up!

Simply put: Too much theory and not enough practical advice. Like many other books the author is more interested in imparting a lot of "gee whiz' type information than telling how he really makes money. I have a whole shelf full of books on this topic, most of which follow this same principal. I was going to return the book but decided to re-read it at a later time.

Autor demonstrates his knowledge in math and nothing else.DO NOT BUY if you dont want loose money. Who wrote those positive reviews? I am shocked!