Hedging The practice of offsetting the price risk inherent in any cash market position by taking an equal but
opposite position in the futures market.
The practice of offsetting the price risk inherent in any cash market position by taking
an opposite position in the futures market.
Not exact matches
Uncovered Option: The Sale of a put or a call without holding an equal or
opposite position in the underlying
futures contract.
Naked Option: A naked option involves the sale of a call or put option without holding an equal and
opposite position in the underlying instrument;
in this case, a
futures contract.
Usually it involves
opposite positions in the cash market and
futures market at the same time.
Option sellers are generally seen as taking on more risk because they are contractually obligated to take the
opposite futures position if the options buyer exercises their right to the
futures position specified
in the option.
An arbitrage
position can be established by taking an economically
opposite position in a security
futures contract on another exchange,
in an options contract, or
in the underlying security.