This is obviously a bit facetious but it's kind of a fun question! Disclaimer: I am not an options trader, especially not energy options, in fact I barely understand options at all, so everything I say here may be completely wrong. https://twitter.com/volmagorov/status/1412236522661855232 …
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The pnl for a teeny tiny move in spot is delta * spot_move + vega * vol_move (ignoring gamma, theta etc) which tells you that for the change in vol to offset the spot movement, the vol needs to move by -delta*spot_move/vega.
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Here's what that looks like for a +$1 move in spot, at different strikes. At the 80 strike, the vol needs to drop by 1.2% to offset the gain from the spot movepic.twitter.com/wXDgpHL2Uk
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(Actually its a bit more than this because I ignored gamma but w/e)
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The vol surface is pretty flat around the 80 strike so skew is not really playing a role here (for an ATM option there would be a skew effect, where IV mechanically drops as spot increases, because you roll up the vol surface in strike space)
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BUT the negative skew (puts > calls) implies a negative relationship between price and vol, i.e. all else equal you expect vol to drop when price rises, just like with stocks. So a 1.2% vol drop on a $1 price rise is not crazy at all
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Hence the question -- if I buy OTM calls and spot moves up $2, how much money have I lost? :)
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That's it for this round of
#learninginpublic, now@volmagorov can explain all the ways I screwed it up.Show this thread
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