Understanding the risk-types that an option might involve is crucial for all market participants. The idea behind Greeks is to measure the different types of risks; they represent the sensitivity of the option to different factors. The Greeks of a plain vanilla option are: delta
(, sensitivity to the underlying price),
gamma
(, sensitivity of delta to the underlying price, delta of delta),
theta
(, sensitivity to time),
rho
(, sensitivity to ...
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