Call me ZDTE
The Ticket of the Day · Every trading day, 5:30 pm ET
Thirty years in the option pits. Now I'm at the bar every trading day at 5:30 with the weekly option that had the best return, and a dart that picks my trade.
The bookshelf
Thirteen books behind the bar. Start at the top.
Start here
- Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin LefèvreEvery trader I ever respected had a beat-up copy. A hundred years old, and the tape still reads the same.
- Market WizardsJack D. SchwagerInterviews with the best traders of their day. Read how differently they all win.
- Liar's PokerMichael LewisWall Street in the '80s, told by a kid on the bond desk. Funnier than anything on TV.
Learn the options
- Option Volatility and PricingSheldon NatenbergThe book they hand you on day one in the pits. Want to know why the straddle costs what it costs? Start here.
- Options as a Strategic InvestmentLawrence G. McMillanThe phone book of options strategies. You don't read it, you live with it.
- Trading Options GreeksDan PassarelliDelta, gamma, theta, vega in plain English. The why behind every ticket in the Tape.
- Dynamic HedgingNassim Nicholas TalebFor your quant friend. How the people on the other side of your ticket manage their risk.
The stories
- When Genius FailedRoger LowensteinThe smartest guys in the room sold volatility until it bit them. Required reading for straddle sellers.
- The Big ShortMichael LewisA handful of misfits bought the cheap tickets on 2008. Some lottery tickets are real.
- Flash BoysMichael LewisWhat happens between your click and your fill.
- The Man Who Solved the MarketGregory ZuckermanJim Simons and Renaissance. Math beat the floor, and I'm still not over it.
- Merry-Go-Round Broke DownDavid Woo and Margalit ShinarA novel: a hostage night at the Waldorf in fall 2008, and how globalization ties the trader to everybody else. Paul Tudor Jones loved it.
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsCharles MackayTulips, bubbles and crowds. Written in 1841; reads like this morning's group chat.
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