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Buying and Selling Volatility
Kevin B. Connolly
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Description for Buying and Selling Volatility
Hardcover. This text explains, with the use of diagrams, how one can profit from the volatility (or lack of it) of the price of an instrument, irrespective of the direction of the price. It discusses the connection between volatility and options without recourse to complex maths. Series: Frontiers in Finance Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
The concept of profiting from trading volatility is not new, but is known to only a few players in the derivatives industry. Buying and Selling Volatility is the first book to explain this trading strategy in detail without using complex mathematics. Offering a new approach to the subject of options, seen purely from a volatility viewpoint, the author uses illustrations to clearly explain the connection between volatility and options. He explains how investors can profit from the volatility, or lack of volatility, of an option price regardless of whether the market rises or falls. Useful to both novice investors and ... Read more
The concept of profiting from trading volatility is not new, but is known to only a few players in the derivatives industry. Buying and Selling Volatility is the first book to explain this trading strategy in detail without using complex mathematics. Offering a new approach to the subject of options, seen purely from a volatility viewpoint, the author uses illustrations to clearly explain the connection between volatility and options. He explains how investors can profit from the volatility, or lack of volatility, of an option price regardless of whether the market rises or falls. Useful to both novice investors and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Series
Frontiers in Finance Series
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471968849
SKU
V9780471968849
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Ref
99-50
About Kevin B. Connolly
Kevin B. Connolly used to be Head of Quantitative Research at JamesCapel & Co. He then joined Cresvale International AssetManagement as Director responsible for instituting scientific riskmanagement for Cresvale's principal Japanese warrants market-makingsection. He is currently undertaking research into complexvolatility trading for Refco Overseas Ltd, and is setting up salesand trading systems for Japanese warrants and convertible bonds forIndependent Capital ... Read more
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