Options Trader
I am the dragon.
Options trading and market research.
01 / Writing
Selected writing.
Personal essays on what I’m learning and living.
- The AI Boom Is Tying Balance Sheets TogetherWatching The Big Short led me to examine the financial ties behind the AI boom, how losses could spread, and what the government might choose to save.
- All In, Every TimeGiving the work everything I have, changing how I build with AI, and knowing what I will not compromise.
- The Chat Box Is Only the Top FloorYour chatbot has a supply chain. A solarpunk look at the models, chips, factories, data centers, resources, and partnerships behind the chat box.
02 / Projects
Other ways to explore.
03 / About
Marcelo Zapata.
Trading has been part of my life for ten years, alongside a career in software engineering and enterprise systems.
XIV began as my software engineering thesis at Florida State University. Today it brings together my options trading and market research.
The origins of XIV The XIV dragons