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Butterfly Spread : The Gamma Г
Issued on August 31 2010 par Strategies-options.com

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 :
c'est une photo du gamma d'un butterfly


It's easy to see how the nearest strike dominates the gamma.


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