Options Market Making
objective
Run options quoting engines with stable spread capture and controlled greek/inventory risk.
workflow
- •define quoting universe and per-node spread/size rules.
- •compute quote adjustments from skew, surface, and inventory states.
- •hedge delta and vega exposures with latency-aware execution.
- •stress quote toxicity under jumps and volatility regime breaks.
- •deploy only when quote capture remains positive after hedge costs.
required diagnostics
- •quote hit-rate and adverse-selection by node.
- •inventory and greek drift after fill bursts.
- •spread capture versus hedge slippage decomposition.
- •latency impact on stale-quote losses.
- •node-level pnl concentration and failure hotspots.
risk controls
- •enforce per-node greek and inventory hard limits.
- •enforce stale-quote cancellation thresholds.
- •enforce volatility-halt mode for disorderly markets.
outputs
- •run
python scripts/options_market_making_diagnostics.py input.csv --output diagnostics.jsonand keep the json artifact. - •write an implementation memo using
references/options-market-making-playbook.mdwith assumptions, tests, limits, and rollout plan.
resources
- •use
scripts/options_market_making_diagnostics.pyfor deterministic diagnostics. - •use
references/options-market-making-playbook.mdfor the domain checklist and delivery structure.