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Long Call Spread : Gamma
Issued on August 15 2010 par Strategies-options.com

Acceleration for the call spread value.
We had seen that the delta of a call spread was the combination of two deltas calls of the same term and with different strikes on the same asset, one which is bought and the other which is sold.


Delta seems to be alike a bell. The study of its variations is needed : the gamma is then necessary.



I - The gamma of a call spread

As a consequence of the previous result, the acceleration of the value of a call spread is positive where the net delta rises when below the long strike, to reach a top between both strikes, then it decreases and is almost zero whatever the levels are above the short strike.

That is the consequences of the boundaries of a call spread. Profit and losses are limited, thus the value and its acceleration.



II - The graph of the gamma of a call spread

3D long call spread 100/120 Gamma


It flips !




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