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exotiq
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What is the meaning of the Greeks?

December 12th, 2003, 9:33 am

Sometimes I see Volga, sometimes I see Vomma, does anyone know if there is a difference between the two?Since too many of these things are starting to be named by non-Greek letters, one true Greej we don't see often is Omega: The degree of borrowing or leverage implied in the option.
 
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Farhad
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What is the meaning of the Greeks?

February 22nd, 2004, 1:30 am

Could you please clarify whether Greeks are asset specific? Now, suppose that I model the underlying process with Monte Carlo GBM process. Then a delta for a European call option expiring in a year at the money is 0.5 for the GBM process. If my underlying process uses strong Mean Reversion process centered about current price, I can calculate delta in two ways:Model the option price with MR process. Because of future asset value being almost independent of today’s value, I will calculate delta of almost 0Should the future price and end up with delta of 0.5.Would appreciate clarification.Farhad