P & L can exhibit positive and negative acceleration for a
butterfly spread. That's gamma Г !
1 - Butterfly spread's Gamma Г
Easy to compute, the
butterfly spread's gamma is an addition of the long gammas minus the short gammas.
2 - Graphs
1 year Butterfly's 90/100/110 gamma :
It's easy to see how the nearest strike dominates the gamma.
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