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A hedging technique which seeks to limit an investments exposure to delta and gamma by adjusting the hedge as the underlying security changes hence, dynamic. Econ 251 lecture 20 dynamic hedging open yale courses. Static and dynamic hedging nassim nicholas taleb bok. Nassim talebs barbell portfolio investment strategy. Buy dynamic hedging by nassim nicholas taleb with free. The barbell investing strategy, advocated by nassim taleb, can take many forms and may be structured in such a way that some of the holdings take significant well above average advantage of market movements, while another part of portfolio is very low. With the fully updated and expanded dynamic hedging, revised edition, readers will learn the proven methodologies for monitoring and managing all the risks associated with managing portfolios containing any nonlinear security. Nassim nicholas taleb is the founder of empirica capital llc, a hedge fund. The only complete resource addressing derivative risk. Unlike other books that offer risk management for corporate treasurers, dynamic hedging targets the realworld needs of professional traders and money. Dec 31, 1996 taleb is one arrogant dude who loves flooding his books with archaic words which were last employed in the english language by geoffrey chauncer. I hit chapter 8 on delta and am completely lost on a certain example he gives.
You are willing to bet on your prepayment forecasts, but not on which way interest rates will move. So im reading through dynamic hedging to start trying to learn option theory better. But alas, dynamic hedging is a strong advanced text which goes through many nuanced topics. The definitive book on options trading and risk management if pricing is a science and hedging is an art, taleb is a virtuoso. Dynamic hedging is the definitive source on derivatives risk. Unique option pricing measure with neither dynamic hedging nor complete markets nassim nicholas taleb. Forex books list of top 7 best forex foreign exchange books. Booktopia dynamic hedging, managing vanilla and exotic. Destined to become a market classic, dynamic hedging is the only practical reference in exotic options hedgingand arbitrage for professional traders and money managers watch the professionals. Excellent strategies and methods for hedging currency risk are discussed which would help create lowmaintenance and. The hedging security is a stock index futures contract. Hedging lets you mitigate the extra risk, so that you only have to.
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His 2007 book the black swan has been described by the sunday times as one of the twelve most influential. Building upon the basics of how the currency market works along with currency trading conventions and tools, the authors go on to elaborate on fundamental concepts related to currency price determinants and the art of interpreting data and events to be able to make the right moves. It is obviously a typo because already on the next page taleb. Providing liquidity tools to survive the current commodity downturn.
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Taleb s explanations are correct, only if you replace short with long, sell with buy and vice versa in the text on page 119. It has some interesting things, but i think he pushes his arguments a bit too far, and because he is an entertaining writer, the general public doesnt know the counterarguments to the points he makes in his book. Written by a leading options trader and derivatives risk advisor to global banks and exchanges, this book provides a practical, realworld methodology for monitoring and managing all the risks associated with portfolio management. See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. Question on an example from dynamic hedging by nassim taleb. The hedging effectiveness is measured from the perspective of traders who want to minimize the uncertainty of their derivative positions via dynamic hedging. Companies hedge at prices that ensure a targeted internal rate of return for their projects. The relation between the portfolio return and futures return is linear, but partially random. Managing vanilla and exotic options wiley finance book 64 kindle edition by taleb, nassim nicholas. Presenting risk from the vantage point of the option market maker and arbitrage operator, this book remoulds. The definitive book on options trading and risk management if pricing is a science and hedging is an art, taleb is avirtuoso.
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