About the Session
This webinar will provide attendees with an overview of volatility trading using options. It will cover the basic concepts of volatility, different types of options trading strategies, and the role of volatility in options trading. The session will also discuss the application of quantitative methods such as mathematical modelling and data analysis for volatility analysis and option pricing.
Overview
- A brief introduction to Volatility
- What and how to use option pricing models
- Estimation of Volatility using different methods
- Using Volatility to create options trading strategies
- Interactive Q&A
Pre-Requisites
Basic familiarity with investment and trading terminology. Some prior knowledge of options trading will be helpful but not required.
About the Speaker
Dr. Euan Sinclair
Dr Sinclair is an industry expert on stock options, interest rate products, volatility products, index options and commodity options, both exchange-traded and OTC. He specializes in the design, implementation and risk management of quantitative trading strategies.
He’s currently a partner at Talton Capital Management, a volatility trading fund. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Bristol.
Dr Sinclair is an options trader with twenty-seven years of professional trading experience and has worked with various trading firms like Bluefin Trading, Hull Tactical, Medway Capital Management, Trading Solutions Ltd, and The Helios Group.
He has written three books: Options Trading, Volatility Trading and Positional Option Trading. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Investment Strategies, a publication of Risk Journals.
This event will be conducted on:
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
8:00 AM EDT | 5:30 PM IST | 8:00 PM SGT
