Basic option volatility strategies : understanding popular pricing models. / / Sheldon Natenberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141375403321
• Autore: Natenberg Sheldon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 1-119-20451-8; 1-118-53806-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Collana: Wiley trading series
• Disciplina: 332.63228
• Soggetti: Options (Finance); Investments; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Publisherâ€?s Preface""; ""How to Use this Book""; ""Meet Sheldon Natenberg""; ""Chapter 1: The Most Important Tool for Any Options Trader""; ""Your Goal Is Not to Cut off Your Hand""; ""Black-Scholes: The Grandfather of Pricing Models""; ""The Fundamental Elements of Any Pricing Model""; ""Chapter 2: Probability and Its Role in Valuing Options""; ""Overcoming the Subjective Nature of the Process""; ""The Problem with Probabilities""; ""You Can Agree to Disagree""; ""Expanding the Realm of Probabilities""; ""What Constitutes a Normal Distribution?""""How Distribution Assumptions Affect Option Pricing""; ""The Symmetrical Nature of Distribution Curves""; ""Chapter 3: Using Standard Deviation to Assess Levels of Volatility""; ""Standard Deviation""; ""Volatility Numbers Are Fluid""; ""Adjusting Volatility for Differing Time Periods""; ""Examples of a Standard Deviation Conversion""; ""Verifying Volatility""; ""Chapter 4: Making Your Pricing Model More Accurate""; ""Some Essential Adjustments to Your Volatility Input""; ""Key Differences in a Lognormal Distribution""; ""When the Market Disagrees With the Models""""Chapter 5: The Four Types of Volatility and How to Evaluate Them""; ""The First ; Interpretation: Future Volatility""; ""The Second Interpretation: Historical Volatility""; ""The Third Interpretation: Forecast Volatility""; ""The Fourth Interpretation: Implied Volatility""; ""Checking the Inputs: How to Correct Your Valuation""; ""Simplifying the Volatility Assessment""; ""Chapter 6: Volatility Trading Strategies""; ""The Fundamentals of Volatility Trading""; ""Further Adjustments Required""; ""A Black-Scholes Anecdote""; ""The Risks of Volatility Trading""""Are You Nakedâ€?Or Are You Covered?""; ""A Visual Picture of Volatility""; ""Using Volatility to Improve Your Predictions""; ""A Quick Look at Volatility Cones""; ""The Two Primary Models for Predicting Volatility""; ""Margin Requirements and Commissions""; ""Chapter 7: Theoretical Models vs the Real World""; ""Summary""; ""Appendix A: Option Fundamentals""; ""Appendix B: A Basic Look at Black-Scholes""; ""Appendix C: Calendar Spread: Putting Time on Your Side""; ""Appendix D: Greeks of Option Valuation""; ""Appendix E: Key Terms""; ""Index""
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