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Walking Off a Hero

Walking Off a Hero

The dream of any option trader is to buy some cheapie call or put option and have the stock or index go massively in the money and walk off a hero.

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Options Trading Brings Mountainous Man to His Knees

Options Trading Brings Mountainous Man to His Knees

Back in 1997 or 1998, my market-making firm on the Pacific Options Exchange was in search of a trader to run the LMM (Lead Market Maker, or specialist post) on the floor of the exchange.

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More on Options: Managing Risk

More on Options: Managing Risk

Options market makers don’t even really hedge deltas anymore on individual trades—it all goes into one big mathematical soup. It’s very hard to compete.

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Learn About Options the Easy Way

Learn About Options the Easy Way

Lucky for me, I started my career on an options trading floor out in San Francisco.

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The Puzzle of the Stock Market

The Puzzle of the Stock Market

Stocks had a bad week last week.

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Karma Has Everyone’s Address

Karma Has Everyone’s Address

For many years, I didn’t believe in karma.

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