Day in Life of an Options Trader

union1411 · Jun 9, 2005

Good article on floor specialist:

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/2000/0700fea1.asp

This is a good article too (not "a day in the life of" though):

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/1999/0999qa.asp

nitro · Jun 9, 2005

Interesting.

Thanks for the links.

nitro

mrmoose · Jun 9, 2005

be interesting to see a follow up on that amex story today considering how bad things got down there

ssternlight · Jun 9, 2005

Well,

That first article showed me that I don't know jack about options...

union1411 · Jun 9, 2005

Quote from ssternlight:

Well,

That first article showed me that I don't know jack about options...

lol, i know the feeling.

wilburbear · Jun 9, 2005

Quote from union1411:

Good article on floor specialist:

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/2000/0700fea1.asp

This is a good article too (not "a day in the life of" though):

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/1999/0999qa.asp

Funny. AMEX being "picked off". Right.

A leaked SEC report on the internet details massive SEC violations in the AMEX options markets. And the report says the AMEX deliberately falsified reports to the SEC to cover up the violations. I don't think "crook" is too strong a word in those circumstances.

da-net · Jun 9, 2005

Quote from union1411:

Good article on floor specialist:

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/2000/0700fea1.asp

This is a good article too (not "a day in the life of" though):

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/1999/0999qa.asp

THANK YOU for the links!

arbmaster-z · Jun 9, 2005

if you cant follow that article then you should def NOT be trading options.

straddler · Jun 10, 2005

I was on the AMEX when they took him off in a stretcher. Pretty freaking scary if you ask me. But you had a couple of firms bidding for his post the next day. Business is business.

union1411 · Jun 10, 2005

I think this is a good article too. Interview with Andrew Lo (MIT). Has some good bits on volatility, DE Shaw, and TA.

http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/archive/1999/0399qa.asp