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Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:34 pm
by kotegh123
Hallo,I am interested to find Info about market making in stock options, before starting an activity in this filed. any recomandation on books, software, white papers extra... will be more then welcome.Regards,

Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:53 pm
by daveangel
Richard Bookstabber's bookEuan Sinclair's book (Volatility Trading (Wiley Trading) (Hardcover) )

Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:03 pm
by kotegh123
Thanks for the quick response,I will look into it...I am looking for more specific info on "market making" since my company will have the privilege to send & execute orders into the market without ant "transaction cost". I looked around but can't find muchI talked with Orc Software about there platform but i am also looking to find info about the algorithem....have great day,

Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:10 pm
by Inc
Shendon Natenberg's Option Volatiltiy and Pricing is a very popular introduction for vanilla options traders.

Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:20 pm
by daveangel
Sorry I was thinking Natenberg and typed Bookstabber .. SN much better.

Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:26 pm
by kotegh123
thanks,But i am talking about more heavy stuff... in the end of the day i am talking about more then 10K orders a stock per day

Option market making

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 4:32 pm
by Inc
What stock options are you doing that even see 10k orders per day? Unless you're talking about <10 lots, you're going to be a market taker most of the time. And even then...

Option market making

Posted: March 18th, 2009, 1:26 am
by closdubois
where is your company located and what do they do?

Option market making

Posted: March 18th, 2009, 7:22 am
by kotegh123
Hi , we are located in a small country and we have the privilege to be one of the 4 official market makers on stock options in our market, we have alot of EXP in algorithmic trading and investing in general.so we are looking for an extra edge over our competitors.10K its the amount of order that will be sent....most of them will be canceled before execution, looking for the latest reserch & technology in this filed of market making on stock options,Regards,

Option market making

Posted: March 18th, 2009, 8:50 pm
by closdubois
if there are only 4 of you, just match wide markets and everyone's happy

Option market making

Posted: March 18th, 2009, 9:14 pm
by Fermion
Quoteso we are looking for an extra edge over our competitors.How interested are you in valuation as a means to gain that edge?