Options and Options Trading : A Simplified Course That Takes You from Coin Tosses to Black-Scholes
Options and Options Trading : A Simplified Course That Takes You from Coin Tosses to Black-Scholes

Author: Robert Ward

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2004-04-15

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0071432094

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An introduction to the complex world of options that every investor can use Too many books on options trading make the mistake of assuming that readers can already tell a delta from a sigma summation. Options and Options Trading breaks the code that envelops the often-foreign language of options, providing an accessible introduction into how the options market works as it explains the rules that traders must understand if they hope to take part in this high-leverage, high-profit game. Author Robert Ward's goal is simple--to demystify the tangled world of options trading without leaving readers too confused and frustrated to continue. The book to read before continuing on to the more detailed, and much higher-level, existing library of options trading guides, Options and Options Trading features: End-of-chapter material including "Things to Think About" and "Key Concepts" Simplified explanations of complex mathematical equations Step-by-step rationales to help readers move from basic to complex

Options and Options Trading
Options and Options Trading

Author: Robert Ward

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2004-04-22

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0071442979

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An introduction to the complex world of options that every investor can use Too many books on options trading make the mistake of assuming that readers can already tell a delta from a sigma summation. Options and Options Trading breaks the code that envelops the often-foreign language of options, providing an accessible introduction into how the options market works as it explains the rules that traders must understand if they hope to take part in this high-leverage, high-profit game. Author Robert Ward's goal is simple--to demystify the tangled world of options trading without leaving readers too confused and frustrated to continue. The book to read before continuing on to the more detailed, and much higher-level, existing library of options trading guides, Options and Options Trading features: End-of-chapter material including "Things to Think About" and "Key Concepts" Simplified explanations of complex mathematical equations Step-by-step rationales to help readers move from basic to complex

Accounting, Finance and Presentation for Small Business
Accounting, Finance and Presentation for Small Business

Author: R. Blake Hendrix

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-06

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0595427340

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In Commerce Is King, Blake Hendrix focuses on the basics of accounting and finance in honing the presentation skills of small businesspeople. The author's goal is that the reader become a "conversant generalist" when presenting his business fundamentals to venture capitalists, traditional banks, and ownership groups such as managers and stockholders. The various motivations of these diverse groups are discussed, with insights on how to target and push their very real "hot buttons." With this book as a guide, the small businessperson will be able to succeed in today's increasingly competitive marketplace by better articulating his business plan to the audiences who matter most. With his comprehensive perspective, Blake Hendrix guides the small businessperson in how to present and manage every aspect of a business, from strategy to finance, from marketing to acquiring capital, from damage control to writing business plans. Hendrix brings his knowledge, humor, and common sense to bear in simplifying the complex issues facing the ambitious small businessperson. Also by R. Blake Hendrix Strategic Decisions for Small Business: It's Just Noodles, This Ain't No Trattoria

The Business of Options
The Business of Options

Author: Martin P. O'Connell

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-02-28

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0471151254

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The Business of Options shows how to conduct a professional options business. While it addresses the principles and practices of option trading and hedging in great detail, the book is the first to do so from a management perspective. O'Connell's extensive experience in option trading, training, and consulting enables the book to offer a unique combination of sophistication, clarity and insight. Most option books that are written for professionals focus on advanced math or on specific trades. This book goes farther, incorporating broad strategic considerations and exploring the implications of likely human behavior. It often challenges conventional wisdom of "what works" in the options business. Its intuitive approach to complex issues involving options enables readers to stretch their mathematical capabilities. Its down-to-earth explanations about the business of options reflect both the optimism and skepticism of a seasoned practitioner in the option market who has, for over 20 years, advised and trained professional dealers and users of options around the world.

Essentials of Stochastic Processes
Essentials of Stochastic Processes

Author: Richard Durrett

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-07

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 3319456148

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Building upon the previous editions, this textbook is a first course in stochastic processes taken by undergraduate and graduate students (MS and PhD students from math, statistics, economics, computer science, engineering, and finance departments) who have had a course in probability theory. It covers Markov chains in discrete and continuous time, Poisson processes, renewal processes, martingales, and option pricing. One can only learn a subject by seeing it in action, so there are a large number of examples and more than 300 carefully chosen exercises to deepen the reader’s understanding. Drawing from teaching experience and student feedback, there are many new examples and problems with solutions that use TI-83 to eliminate the tedious details of solving linear equations by hand, and the collection of exercises is much improved, with many more biological examples. Originally included in previous editions, material too advanced for this first course in stochastic processes has been eliminated while treatment of other topics useful for applications has been expanded. In addition, the ordering of topics has been improved; for example, the difficult subject of martingales is delayed until its usefulness can be applied in the treatment of mathematical finance.

Financial Calculus
Financial Calculus

Author: Martin Baxter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521552899

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A rigorous introduction to the mathematics of pricing, construction and hedging of derivative securities.

Elementary Probability
Elementary Probability

Author: David Stirzaker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-08-18

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 1139441035

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Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this well established textbook provides a straightforward introduction to the theory of probability. The presentation is entertaining without any sacrifice of rigour; important notions are covered with the clarity that the subject demands. Topics covered include conditional probability, independence, discrete and continuous random variables, basic combinatorics, generating functions and limit theorems, and an introduction to Markov chains. The text is accessible to undergraduate students and provides numerous worked examples and exercises to help build the important skills necessary for problem solving.

An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling
An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling

Author: Howard M. Taylor

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1483269272

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An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling provides information pertinent to the standard concepts and methods of stochastic modeling. This book presents the rich diversity of applications of stochastic processes in the sciences. Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of diverse types of stochastic models, which predicts a set of possible outcomes weighed by their likelihoods or probabilities. This text then provides exercises in the applications of simple stochastic analysis to appropriate problems. Other chapters consider the study of general functions of independent, identically distributed, nonnegative random variables representing the successive intervals between renewals. This book discusses as well the numerous examples of Markov branching processes that arise naturally in various scientific disciplines. The final chapter deals with queueing models, which aid the design process by predicting system performance. This book is a valuable resource for students of engineering and management science. Engineers will also find this book useful.