Reddit reviews Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives and DerivaGem CD Package (8th Edition)

what specifically are you interested in?

https://www.quantnet.com/threads/quantnet-best-selling-books-of-2012.12190/

https://www.quantnet.com/threads/master-reading-list-for-quants-mfe-financial-engineering-students.535/


http://www.nuclearphynance.com/Show%20Forum.aspx?ForumIDKey=8

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http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~skiena/691/

http://developers.opengamma.com/quantitative-research

http://www.thalesians.com/finance/index.php/Reading_List

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http://www.amazon.com/Primer-Mathematics-Financial-Engineering-Second/dp/0979757622/

commonly heard: "Just read Hull OFOD" http://www.amazon.com/Options-Futures-Derivatives-DerivaGem-Package/dp/0132777428/

http://www.amazon.com/Stochastic-Calculus-Finance-Binomial-Textbooks/dp/0387249680/

What kind of hedging are you looking to do? You say that you understand single commodity hedging, but does that mean you're familiar with trading oil or spark spreads or something?

For a general overview of options, forwards, futures, and swaps, I would refer you to this book that I used this semester in my MBA class. It covers not only the math and fundamentals behind these derivatives, but also, common strategies for purchasing and applying them.

For an overview of commodities trading, you'll need to read and understand this book: The Commodity Trading Manual - Chicago Board of Trade. It's required reading for any new traders.

Hope one of these helps.

https://www.amazon.com/Options-Futures-Derivatives-DerivaGem-Package/dp/0132777428

for good measure.

"Y'all"? Ha you remind me of my friend from da South.

Anyway, getting fixated on a specific journal will not be effective, especially when you are not familiar with the fundamentals. I suggest reading some introductory texts (Hull, Baxter). Then maybe you can move on to Wilmott magazine (school library might have it). Then perhaps you will know enough to search for relevant papers on http://www.ssrn.com/en/.


Hope that helps.

Trading and Exchanges

Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

Option Volatility & Pricing

Option Market Making

Trading Spreads and Seasonals

Algorithmic Trading and DMA

There are more advanced and quantitative resources out there but you will need to wrap your head around these concepts before you go further. I should mention that reading these things won't guarantee to make you a profitable trader but you will "get a better understanding of the field."

Online resources:

Investopedia

Elitetrader (most popular trading forum, lots of posters... mostly bad)

Nuclearphynance (smaller but more advanced community)

Complete beginner about to study Mathematical Finance in college.
Should I purchase Options, Futures and Other Derivates (Hull) first, or the Concepts and Practice of Mathematical Finance (Mark Joshi)?

Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman. The market has spoken and it's the best.

More seriously, I'd go with Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd. It's a little more dense compared to Intelligent Investor, but definitely digestible with an undergrad understanding of econ.

*Oh, and the Hull text is the derivatives bible.