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Akuna Capital Options Market Maker

A question asked in interview: expected value questions, if you have a coin and flip it 5 times and its all heads in a row (so 5 heads) if you win you get 28 dollars if you lose than you get 0 dollars, so how much will you pay upfront to play this game next questions, if we repeat above 5000 times then how much will I pay

Akuna Capital Options 101

Terminology and Trading Floors

  • Bid = highest price someone is willing to pay
  • Ask / Offer = lowest someone is willing to accept
  • Size = amount of contracts someone is willing to trade at a price
  • Market Making = provide both a bid and an ask price and sizes for each Example current price = 64 bid = 60 x 4 (size) ask = 68 x 10 (size) so it can be said as I’m 60 at 68, 4 by 10
  • Spread = difference between bid and ask
  • Hedge = A trade or investment to reduce the risk of price movement in an asset