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What moves an option price

Read delta, gamma, theta and vega as “how much does it change right now” numbers.

Module 11 of 26, Options: how they pay and what moves them. Lesson 2 of 6, about 18 minutes.

The takeaway

Greeks measure small, local changes in a model. They do not promise what you will actually make.

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