"Advanced Option Pricing Models" details specific conditions under which current option pricing models fail to provide accurate price estimates and then shows option traders how to construct improved models for better pricing in a wider range of market conditions. Model-building steps cover options pricing under conditional or marginal distributions, using polynomial approximations and "curve fitting," and compensating for mean reversion. The authors also develop effective prototype models that can be put to immediate use, with real-time exampl…

This is an unprecedented book on option pricing! For the first time, the basics on modern option pricing are explained "from scratch" using only minimal mathematics. Market practitioners and students alike will learn how and why the Black-Scholes equation works, and what other new methods have been developed that build on the success of Black-Shcoles. The Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial trees are discussed, as well as two recent theories of option pricing: the Derman-Kani theory on implied volatility trees and Mark Rubinstein's implied binomial tr…

Investors worldwide are discovering the enormous opportunities available through commodity options trading. However, because commodities have differing underlying characteristics from equities, commodity options behave differently as well. In this book, two of the field's most respected analysts present strategies built from the ground up for commodity options. Carley Garner and Paul Brittain begin with a quick primer on how commodity options work, how they evolved, and why conventional options strategies often fail in the commodity options mar…

The world of options has moved beyond the simple Black-Schooles pricing model, making more types of options available. "The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas" is the first reference manual on options pricing formulas, one that every professional options trader and institutional money manager will need. Designed for the practitioner, this reference offers formulas used daily by some of the best talent on Wall Street. Complete with numerical examples and explanations, Haug's "stamp collection" of formulas is an ideal supplement for anyone…

In this one-of-a-kind "how-to" guide, Joseph Hooper and Aaron Zalewski provide step-by-step instructions for generating large monthly cash returns from almost any stock investment while at the same time decreasing the risk of stock ownership. Filled with in-depth insights and proven techniques, this book is the definitive, rule-based guide to cover calls and calendar LEAPS spreads.

An essential guide to credit derivatives Credit derivatives has become one of the fastest-growing areas of interest in global derivatives and risk management. Credit Derivatives takes the reader through an in-depth explanation of an investment tool that has been increasingly used to manage credit risk in banking and capital markets. Anson discusses everything from the basics of why credit risk is important to accounting and tax implications of credit derivatives. Key topics covered in this essential guidebook include: credit swaps; credit forw…

Well organized and written in a clear and friendly style, this text opens with basic definitions of credit risk and related concepts, then delves into the topic of credit risk models, with chapters on structural and alternative approaches. Two concluding chapters are devoted to credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations, with a detail

Use elite day trading strategies for impressive options trading results. Electronic day trading of Internet stocks may be making the headlines...but the entire field of day trading has exploded! "DeMark on Day Trading Options" is the first book to combine two of today's hottest trading phenomena - day trading and options trading - into one exciting blueprint for making money in volatile markets. After first reviewing the basics of options, Tom DeMark, renowned as a pioneer in technical analysis breaks new ground by introducing methods and techn…

The book is a step-by-step guide to derivative products. By distilling the complex mathematics and theory that underlie the subject, Chisholm explains derivative products in straightforward terms, focusing on applications and intuitive explanations wherever possible. Case studies and examples of how the products are used to solve real-world problems, as well as an extensive glossary and material on the latest derivative products make this book a must have for anyone working with derivative products.

This work discusses derivatives, covering all four major categories. It contains information on institutional procedure and market practice, explaining complicated subjects using numerical examples.