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I’m starting to dig into how options and futures markets interact, and I’m looking for good places to learn.

I’ve found helpful starting points around dealer hedging, gamma exposure, open interest, IV, expiration, and strike positioning, but I’m still early on the options side.

I’m mainly trying to understand how options and futures influence each other through hedging, volatility, liquidity, and positioning — and how traders think about both markets together.
Does anyone have good books, papers, threads, podcasts, data sources, or discourse on this?

Also curious if anyone here has studied this relationship themselves and found anything useful, misleading, or worth paying attention to.
May 22, 2026 · 07:00 AM · 24 views · Commons
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@dyehuthy · May 22, 2026 · 03:16 PM
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Basic, but important (options) :D

You could say the options market is fundamentally a market of probabilities.

Delta is often interpreted as the probability of finishing ITM, while implied volatility (IV) reflects the market’s expectation of the future price distribution over a given time horizon.

Don’t confuse that with the fundamental drivers that influence the market itself. With options or futures you’re positioning around what the market may do, not influencing what the market will do.

It’s a fairly broad topic (derivatives) to be honest, but you should follow an order to learn finance and investment (CFA syllabus) if you start with derivatives without understanding other things about markets and investment (management), you might get "disappointment".
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