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Hello, I'm interested in learning about options but I have zero knowledge about them. I have the ninth edition of this book but I'm not sure which chapters are relevant, can someone point out the individual chapters for me? What I do now is just screening for chapters with the word "options" in it, but there are some chapters like Ito's lemma and wiener processes in between some options chapters....are they relevant?

Paarth From what I can infer, your mathematical background isn't that solid. Mine wasn't either when I started. I would say do the following chapters 1 2 3 4…moreFrom what I can infer, your mathematical background isn't that solid. Mine wasn't either when I started. I would say do the following chapters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 15 16. If you want to further your knowledge do 13 14 & 18. (less)

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Is there a preparatory (introducing) book that is recommender to read before this one? Is it better to start with Natemberg (Mastering Option Trading Volatility Strategies) or starting with this one is fine?

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I have done only basic introductory course in finance. Can I treat this book as an introductory book for the subject (with zero prior knowledge)?

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is there any way to get it online? or as a PDF? how is that page works ?

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