What is option DELTA?
Delta can be defined as amount by which an option’s price will change for corresponding 1 point change in price of the underlying stock or index. Long Call options have positive deltas, whereas Long put options have negative delta whereas Short Call options have negative delta, and Short put options have positive delta. Let understand using couple of examples. • Delta of NIFTY Mar-2009 3000 CALL is 0.50. Theoretically, this means that if NIFTY moves up by 1 point, this option’s price will go up by 0.5 point. Similarly, if NIFTY moves down by 1 point, this options price will go down by 0.5 point • Delta of NIFTY Mar-2009 2800 PUT is -0.75. Theoretically, this means that if NIFTY moves up by 1 point, this option’s price will go down by 0.75 point. Similarly, if NIFTY moves down by 1 point, this options price will go up by 0.75 point Note that DELTA values are dynamic and changes almost everyday.
