Monday, November 20, 2017

delta - Implied volatility interview question



If an implied volatility of an out of the money call option goes to infinity,what happens to the delta of the said call option?



Answer




The Black-Scholes delta: $$\partial_SC=N\left(\dfrac{\ln\left(\frac{S_0}{K}\right) +(r - q + \frac{1}{2}\sigma^2)(T - t)}{\sigma\sqrt{T - t}}\right)$$ As you can see this delta would go to$1$ if $\sigma\to\infty$ (and $t

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