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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

John C. Hull · classic textbook · Level: advanced

The standard university textbook on derivatives: pricing, hedging, Greeks, and how futures and options markets actually work.

For prop traders: Reference, not bedtime reading. Own it for the chapters on the product you trade.

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