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Dynamic Hedging

Reading List, Advanced. The trader's book on managing a book of options. Read it before module 10.

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Juri von Randow
Oct 31, 2026
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Cartoon: indoors at the office the mentor stands in a raincoat under an open umbrella, entirely serious, while a student at the desk with a red book looks up amused, titled Taleb, Dynamic Hedging.

Before the Black Swan books, Taleb wrote this one for traders. It is about running a book of options, not a single trade: how the Greeks of a whole portfolio shift, where the liquidity disappears, what expiration does to you. Hard going in places, and the chapters we use are the ones every professional remembers.

Who it is for: Dynamic Hedging by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 1997. Level Advanced, The last book on the list, for the day you run ten positions.. Time to read About 25 hours, Parts one and two. Part three and the modules are for desks.. Math: Heavy in places, The formal mathematics is pushed into seven modules at the back. Read around it.. Best for Managing a book, You want to know what a professional worries about at 4 pm..

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Below the line, for Pro and Elite Trader members: the chapters we use, the five ideas I took from it, the chapters to skip, and the module it prepares. Elite Traders read the book, then work that module with me one-on-one, on their own positions.

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