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CFA® Level II · Portfolio Construction · Measuring and Managing Market Risk · L2.PM.5.g

The idea

For equities, beta times the market return gives the expected return on the position. For bonds, the percentage price change is approximately −modified duration × Δy + ½ × convexity × (Δy)². For options, delta is the value change per unit move in the underlying, gamma the change in delta, and vega the value change per point of implied volatility, so ΔV ≈ delta × ΔS + ½ × gamma × (ΔS)² + vega × Δσ. A delta-hedged book removes first-order price risk but keeps gamma and vega exposure. The trap in calculations is forgetting to square the change in the convexity or gamma term, or dropping the one-half.

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