Rajib manages the course segment on option derivatives; and also works with exchanges, financial & educational institutions to design educational programs. He has conducted workshops and conferences in America, Europe and Asia. Rajib has worked with leading HFT firm Optiver in Amsterdam; working on options derivatives market making, & high frequency equity arbitrage strategies across all major European & US exchanges. Before Optiver, Rajib was a management strategy consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he assisted a consortium in setting up a national commodity derivatives exchange. A national Olympiad finalist, Rajib has twice represented India at the World Puzzle Championships. He has a post-graduate management degree from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from National Institute of Technology Surathkal; and has internship experiences with Bloomberg in New York (equity option derivatives research) & with Solutia’s EMEA strategy HQ in Belgium.

About the Speaker

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Rajib Ranjan Borah Co-Founder & Director - QuantInsti™

Price of option from Black Scholes formula

Delta = ∂C/∂S or ½(∂C/∂S- + ∂C/∂S+) to be more precise = N(d1)

Delta

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)()( 21 dNXedSNC rtt

−−=

t

trXS

dt

σ

σ )2

()ln(2

1

++=

dzexN

zx 2

2

21)(

−

∞−∫=

π

Delta

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i.e. Delta is dependent on: underlying price, time to expiry volatility

Call Delta vs Underlying Price

Gamma: Delta vs Underlying Price

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0.000

0.100

0.200

0.300

0.400

0.500

0.600

0.700

0.800

0.900

1.000

80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Underlying Price

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Put Delta vs Underlying Price

Gamma: Delta vs Underlying Price

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-1.000

-0.900

-0.800

-0.700

-0.600

-0.500

-0.400

-0.300

-0.200

-0.100

0.00080 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Underlying Price

Put 90 Strike

Put 100 Strike

Put 110 Strike

Call Delta vs Time left to expiry

Charm: Delta vs Time

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0.000

0.100

0.200

0.300

0.400

0.500

0.600

0.700

0.800

0.900

1.000

0.0001 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Days to Expiry

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Underlying Price = 100 Volatility = 20%

Put Delta vs Time left to expiry

Charm: Delta vs Time

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-1.000

-0.900

-0.800

-0.700

-0.600

-0.500

-0.400

-0.300

-0.200

-0.100

0.0000.0001 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Days to Expiry

Put 90 Strike

Put 100 Strike

Put 110 Strike

Underlying Price = 100 Volatility = 20%

Call Delta vs Volatility

Vanna: Delta vs Volatility

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0.000

0.100

0.200

0.300

0.400

0.500

0.600

0.700

0.800

0.900

1.000

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Implied Volatility

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Put Delta vs Volatility

Vanna: Delta vs Volatility

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-1.000

-0.900

-0.800

-0.700

-0.600

-0.500

-0.400

-0.300

-0.200

-0.100

0.0000.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Implied Volatility

Put 90 Strike

Put 100 Strike

Put 110 Strike

Gamma

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As we have seen, deltas change with underlying price (more so towards expiry)

Gamma is the second derivative of the change of option price with respect to change in underlying price

= ∂2C/∂S2 = ∂Δ/∂S = N’(h)/ (Sσ√t)

Speed: Gamma vs Price of Underlying

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Gamma vs Price of Underlying

0.000

0.010

0.020

0.030

0.040

0.050

0.060

80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120

Gam

ma

of o

ptio

n

Underlying Price

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Color: Gamma vs Time

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Gamma vs Time

0.000

0.050

0.100

0.150

0.200

0.250

0.300

0.350

0.400

0.450

0.500

0.0001 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Days to Expiry

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Zomma: Gamma vs Volatility

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Gamma vs Volatility

0.000

0.050

0.100

0.150

0.200

0.250

0.300

0.350

0.400

0.450

0.500

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

Delta

of o

ptio

n

Implied Volatility

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Vanna: Vega vs Underlying Price

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Vega at different strikes

0.000

0.020

0.040

0.060

0.080

0.100

0.120

0.140

0.160

0.180

0.200

80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120

Vega

of o

ptio

n

Underlying Price

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Veta: Vega vs Time

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Vega of an option with varying time left to expiry

0.000

0.050

0.100

0.150

0.200

0.250

0.300

0.350

0.0001 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200

Vega

of o

ptio

n

Days to Expiry

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Vomma: Vega vs Volatility

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Sensitivity to volatility is sensitive to volatility itself

0.000

0.020

0.040

0.060

0.080

0.100

0.120

0.140

0.160

0.180

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

Vega

of o

ptio

n

Implied Volatility

Call 90 Strike

Call 100 Strike

Call 110 Strike

Thega: Theta v/s Time to expiration

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Theta with changing time to expiry

-160

-140

-120

-100

-80

-60

-40

-20

00 20 40 60 80 100 120

Thet

a

Days to expiry

K=100

K=110

K=90

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