Vega: Difference between revisions

::I lives upstairs from you<br>

::Yes, I think I've seen you before.

[[Vega]] is, technically, “the rate of change in volatility of an option”, meaning the greater the volatility the more vega you have. [[Volatility]] is affected by a number of things, but most commonly by [[leverage]] - or borrowing money from the bank to make more of a speculative investment than you can actually afford. Hence the smarty-pants reference to apartments for, if you’ve ever bought one with the assistance of [[mortgage]] finance, you’ve amped up your [[vega]].