Pinnedby Kris AbdelmessihSocratic Puzzles To Build Your Financial IntuitionThis is a list of homework-like posts that allow you to slowly build intuition for financial math or derivatives topics.1 min read·Jun 11, 2023--1--1
by Kris AbdelmessihNarrating an option tradeI’ve been narrating my small GME trade this week through this substack and twitter.5 min read·Jun 16, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihWhen it’s normal to have no idea what your returns areThe lingua franca of asset management regardless of strategy is returns. But this is not necessarily true in trading. In my own 21 years of…13 min read·Jun 13, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihRiffing on Paywalls, Trading & OptionsGather round. Let’s just chop it up in no particular order.9 min read·Jun 13, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihImpedance MismatchIn the notes I call The Essential Paul Graham I saved this passage:10 min read·Jun 2, 2024----
by Kris Abdelmessiha birdie asked how to model a 1-day optionIt’s going to shock you to hear it, but I get emailed a lot of option questions. I’ve gotten some that are pages long with commentary…6 min read·May 30, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihWeighting An Options Pair TradeAn option trader pinged me about a trade between a correlated pair of names whose IV ratio was trading at an extreme level compared to the…9 min read·May 23, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihUsing Options BetterWhile a successful volatility trader’s edge is in discerning relative value between options, they are agnostic on the direction of the…8 min read·May 16, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihIntroducing Free Moontower CalculatorsWe released a new suite of tools:3 min read·May 14, 2024----
by Kris AbdelmessihMermaids, Fireflies, and the Bid-Ask SpreadA reader asks:7 min read·May 9, 2024----