Options Playbook Radio 173: Understanding the Greeks, Part One

Now that earnings season is over it’s time to get back to basics: the Greeks

Download Options Playbook Radio 173: Understanding the Greeks, Part One

Now that earnings season is over it’s time to get back to basics: the Greeks. You can find an entire chapter on Greeks in The Options Playbook. This is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, in on the Amazon Kindle edition.

In this episode:

• A review of last time
• Using the Greeks
• What does a delta do?
• Meet the Greeks in The Options Playbook
• As expiration approaches, what happens to delta? For that, you need gamma
• What about theta?
• Delta when a contract is in-, at- or out-of-the-mooney
• Delta moves slower than other Greeks
• You can’t have slow time decay on a fast moving option

Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.