Rehedging a straddle 30 minutes before expiry
Question
You own a straddle struck at with the stock at ; the call leg has delta and the put leg . You have used shares to make the total delta zero, and the options expire in exactly one hour. Half an hour later the stock is still at . How many shares must you trade to stay delta-neutral? Answer to sell (fractions allowed).
Short answer
. At expiry the in-the-money call's delta goes to and the out-of-the-money put's to . Assuming roughly linear decay over this short window, each leg's delta rises by in thirty minutes, so the straddle gains of delta, which you sell off.
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- Greeks and Numerical Sensitivities
- Option Mechanics: Calls, Puts, Moneyness, Intrinsic Value, and Exchange vs. OTC Markets
- Option Trading Strategies: Spreads, Combinations, and Payoff Engineering
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