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Options as a Strategic Investment

Lawrence G. McMillan · 1979 · Level: advanced

The encyclopedia of options strategies: every spread and combination, with the conditions each one needs.

For prop traders: The strategy reference for options traders; read the chapters on your structures, skip the rest until needed.

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For prop traders: A funded account is a survival game with a hard floor. This is the philosophy behind respecting it.

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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

John C. Hull · classic textbook · Level: advanced

The standard university textbook on derivatives: pricing, hedging, Greeks, and how futures and options markets actually work.

For prop traders: Reference, not bedtime reading. Own it for the chapters on the product you trade.

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Option Volatility and Pricing

Sheldon Natenberg · 1994 · Level: advanced

The options desk classic: volatility, the Greeks, and risk management of an options book, taught the way market makers learn it.

For prop traders: If you trade options on a funded account, this is the risk language your positions speak.

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Volatility Trading

Euan Sinclair · 2008 · Level: advanced

A quantitative but practical treatment: measuring edge in volatility, sizing options trades, and managing the book.

For prop traders: For options traders who want expectancy and sizing, not strategy collecting.

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