Option Greeks, Strategies & Backtesting in Python

by Anjana G, Puneet Kanwar

The book is divided into three parts -1. The first, part cover option Greeks - Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Delta hedging & Gamma Scalping, implied volatility with the example of past closing prices of Nifty/USDINR/Stocks (Basics of Future and options explain).2. Second part covers option trading strategies with examples of Nifty/USDINR options and computation of returns of a strategy on past data. (You will get an idea of how professional traders think)3. Third part covers Python for traders. After reading this book a novice trader will also be able to use python from the installation of Anaconda on his laptop & extracting past data to back-testing and developing his own strategies. Python is explained from very basic so that anyone who does not have an in-depth understanding of programming can understand and develop codes. How to fetch past daily data, per minute data, live data for backtesting & development of strategies explained. Many program codes and their results also explained for back-testing of strategies likes ratios, butterfly, etc.The book is written by an author having more than 10 years of experience. The co-author of the book has worked with BSE Limited (formally known as Bombay Stock Exchange) for 6 years from 2011 to 2017. Earlier to BSE he worked with Broking houses like Edelweiss. Today he is an Options trader and Arbitrager. He is also having more than 15 years of experience in the Indian Capital Market.

297 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 2020

Reviews

[Puneet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book to read

Options Greeks explained very well. Option strategy explained in detail. Python program code for backtesting of option trading strategies also given. I must say a comprehensive book and must read for everyone trading options.