The Best FX Options Book?

I know Natenberg is the best options book for trading, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with "FX Options and Structured Products" or "FX Options and Smile Risk." How well are they written? Would you recommend them to someone with beginner/intermediate knowledge of derivatives? Do they give a good overview and provide options strategies or are they overly quantitative with little real world application? Would you recommend buying them or just getting them out of the library?

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http://www.Amazon.com/gp/product/0470011459/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=18PZN0Y160KSY5VKYCGW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

http://www.Amazon.com/gp/product/0470754192/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0HEV61NTQ4ER4ZZEQJGK&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

 

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I got the FX Options and Structured Products Book. I think it's a good book, there are also good insights for traders. Even though, it's quite technical sometimes, but always from a practitioner's point of view.

I do not know about the other book...

 
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I got the FX Options and Structured Products Book. I think it's a good book, there are also good insights for traders. Even though, it's quite technical sometimes, but always from a practitioner's point of view.

I do not know about the other book...

I agree I am working through that one right now. It's pretty solid, but like Ezekiel mentioned it can be very mathy at times, likely beyond anything you'd have to understand on the desk.

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