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Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled The Hidden Hand of the Market: Understanding Market Makers and Inventory Risk.

The Hidden Hand of the Market: Understanding Market Makers and Inventory Risk

Market makers are often described as neutral referees — silent guardians of liquidity. But neutrality is an illusion. This essay explores spreads, inventory balancing, OTC desks, adverse selection, and hedging to show how dealers shape price through vested interest. To see the hidden hand is the first step in no longer being led by it.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi
Sayed Hamid Fatimi
12 min read
Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled The Shadow Engine of Markets: Understanding Derivatives, Perpetuals, Futures, and Options.

The Shadow Engine of Markets: Understanding Derivatives, Perpetuals, Futures, and Options

Derivatives are not mere side bets. They are the shadow engine of markets — the hidden machinery of futures, perps, options, and ETFs that reshapes liquidity, andlifies risk, and choreographs price itself. To read markets well is to see beyond candles and charts, and to listen for the gears turning beneath them.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi
Sayed Hamid Fatimi
12 min read
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