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Hardcover: 528 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (23 Jan 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0471152803
ISBN-13: 978-0471152804
Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 18.5 x 3.1 cm

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Bruno Dupire, Head of Swaps and Options Research Paribas Capital Markets

"If pricing is a science and hedging is an art, Taleb is a virtuoso."

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"This is not merely the best book on how options trade, it is the only book."

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book long overdue, 23 Mar 1999

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It is nearly impossible to write a book that is both mathematically rigorous and sufficiently down to earth to be accessible to the professional trader. This book is a step in the right direction. It maintains the mathematical accuracy and depth without bogging the reader down with technical derivation of formulae. At the same time, it is written by a trader whose experience in the real market compels him to constantly question the 'nice' assumptions used to derive these formulae.

Taleb is first a market practitioner who uses models and pricing formulae to enhance trading and not the other way around. If there is a discrepancy between theory and reality he doesn't blame the markets.

The book is very personal and leaves no doubt what the author's opinion is on VAR, continuous hedging and other sacred cows of modern finance. The debacle in the financial markets in 1998 and the apologetic excuses by famous traders and theoreticians indicates that there is more than a grain of truth in Taleb's skepticism.

The importance of this book is that whether one agrees or disagrees with Taleb, it forces the reader to question his basic assumptions and rethink common truths. The book is unique: it is stylish, philosophical, literary, and if one may say so of a hardcore financial book - it is very entertaining.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If there is a better options trading book i'd love to see it, 2 July 2002

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This is without a doubt the best book that has ever been written on professional options trading and I simply cant understand why anyone would give a less than glowing review. If there is anything better out there (and i dont mean a pricing book that leaves the reader to infer his own trading realities from the models and hedge ratios that ensue) then I'd love to see it.

Of course this isnt a mathematically rigourous platform to learn the pricing and hedging of option products, Taleb is entirely clear that it wasnt meant to be. Instead it offers one source for a multitude of much, much more intuitive lessons on trading, probability, and market realties offered in a persistently thought provoking, even entertaining style.

As a junior trader I found this a real bonus step up the learning curve (im sure you could realise all of this knowledge elsewhere, but in one place? - never.) I eagerly await seeing any additional material included in the second edition.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good book., 30 April 2011

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This was probably the first book I ever read that covered options in such depth. A good and interesting read, you can learn a fair amount. As Taleb was an FX options practitioner, beware for most examples to be FX related.

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3.0 out of 5 stars This book is ADVANCED
I saw this book recommended by a number of people and I respect the author from previous works however it was way above my level in terms of maths and application. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars useful for non-quantitative beginning option traders
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Without a doubt the best book on financial markets ever. Very insightfull, the only clear exposition of what really maters to real traders in the real world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars best traders tool ive seen yet - but leaves u wanting more!
simply the best exposition on vanillas certainly that ive read though needed more on pricing & risk management of currency options both vanillas and barriers - in terms of day... Read more

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