Kris Abdelmessih - Life Through a Volatility Lens (S7E10)
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Corey: Hey everyone. Corey here. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Flirting With Models. If you're enjoying the show, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd take a moment to rate, review, and most importantly, share with a friend. Word-of-mouth is how this podcast grows.
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Corey: My guest in this episode is Chris Abdul Masia, cofounder of MoonTower AI. Chris began his career at SIG where he worked as a market maker in several different option pits before moving to Parallax where he ran a relative value commodities volatility book. For the last 5 years, Chris has been writing on his blog, Party at the Moon Tower, which is one of my favorite reads for all things probability, payoff space, trading optionality, and seeing the world through a volatility lens. Chris is a passionate educator, so it should come as no surprise that learning is a key thread throughout thi
He discusses what he had to unlearn and relearn in his move from market making to relative value trading, and Chris shares his thoughts about how firm lineage influences how you learn to trade markets. Finally, we discuss Chris's newest venture, MoonTower AI, which seeks to provide a volatility lens to opinionated traders to help them better express their bets in option space. There is a lot of experience to unpack in this one. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Chris Abdul Masia. Chris, welcome to the show.
Mister Moon Tower Meta himself, longtime fan of the blog and the newsletter. I think it might be my most recommended newsletter. I was looking earlier as to how many times I've recommended articles you've written, It's a lot. It's a lot. You are constantly churning out great think pieces on probability and investing, particularly in the option space.
So very excited to have you here with me today. Thank you for joining me.
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