We generally use options for hedging as well as for a speculation when we think it's good value. We try to match off with the flow that got uss in the position in the first place. The most crazy thing in the market these days is, like, every friday after expiry, or even slightly before, like, balls just get destroyed. But i they just don't want any decay over the wake end.
Today, I’m sitting down with Su Zhu, my friend and co-host, and Josh, of Orthogonal Trading.
Josh is one of the biggest and most experienced options traders in crypto and joined us for a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation. Together, we touched on topics like
how options work
differences between options and futures
Different strategies for using them in crypto
as well as what Josh thinks about options trading platforms in Defi
Resources:
https://www.optiontradingtips.com/options101/payoff-diagrams.html
https://www.payoffcharts.com/
https://www.investopedia.com/trading/getting-to-know-the-greeks/
Orthogonal Trading https://twitter.com/OrthoTrading
Su Zhu https://twitter.com/zhusu
Hasu https://twitter.com/hasufl
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