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Measuring Directional Exposure with Delta: Single Option and Option Spreads

Delta as a measure of directional exposure The relationship between the underlying stock’s price changes and the option’s price changes is measured by the well known Greek letter delta. In general, delta measures by how much the value (market price) of an option or an option spread position changes when the market price of the … Read more


Measuring Directional Exposure with Delta

Delta: the king of the Greeks Delta, probably the best known of the option Greeks, measures an option’s directional exposure. Just by looking at delta, you can quickly tell whether an option or a portfolio of options will go up or down given a particular move in the underlying stock, and approximately by how much. … Read more


Delta of Calls vs. Puts and Probability of Expiring In the Money

What delta means Delta, the best known of the option Greeks, is a measure of directional exposure of an option. It is the first derivative of option’s market price with respect to the underlying’s price. Simply said, an option’s delta represents the dollar value by which the market price of the option changes when the … Read more


Directional Trades with Stocks

What is a directional trade In general, a directional trade is a trade in which you are betting on a particular direction (up or down) in the movement of price of a security. If you are right and the security goes in the direction you chose, you make a profit. If it goes the other … Read more


Directional Trades with Options

Directional and non-directional option trades Maybe you have already heard about an option trade being directional or non-directional. What does it mean? In short, this distinction is about how much the trade is exposed to movement in price of the underlying security. This article explains directional trades. Here you can find the second part concerning … Read more