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jchanmba
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long gamma short vega

March 6th, 2008, 11:12 am

How do you set up a portfolio of option(s) which is both long gamma and short vega?
 
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sjcon
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long gamma short vega

March 8th, 2008, 12:59 am

Vega is increasing with time to expiry and Gamma decreasing, so an obvious way would be long the 1 month options and short the longer term ones.