This book has been the standard text for mathematicians, physicists, and engineers retooling for Wall Street. I agree with the praise of other reviewers - especially 'a reader' on September 20, 1996. This book is still a gem. For a full PDE approach I recommend "Option Pricing: Mathematical Models and Computations" by Wilmott, Dewynne, and Howison. For a good probability theory approach, I recommend "Financial Calculus"...
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Hull's text is the definitive text on futures and options. The book provides the basis for understanding the underlying principles for valuing derivatives intstruments. Since the text is academic and theoretical in nature, the book is geared towards graduate business school students and Wall Street professionals (and maybe only those working on trading/research desks). For the day-trading crowd, you will not find any...
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I have read most of the books on derivatives and mathematical finance. I have also read the most important papers on the subject, and no book covers the subject so extensively and so carefully. The difficult math is explained by Hull in a brilliantly intuitive way, without sacrificing the mathematical rigor. He explains succinctly and accurately the heart of the most advanced papers in the subject, in unpretentious terms,...
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