Glossary · The Cash-Secured Put · D

Delta in plain English.

How much the option price moves per 1 dollar move in the stock; for short puts its absolute value approximates the chance of assignment.

Track

The Cash-Secured Put

19 terms in this track

Taught in

Choosing your strike with delta

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Connections

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The idea, in context

How to read the picture above and where the Academy teaches it.

Reading the illustration

Delta climbs from 0 to 1 across the strike; gamma (dashed) is how fast it climbs — highest at the money.

This definition usesAssignment

In French: Delta

Where it’s taught

The Cash-Secured Put

Choosing your strike with delta

“Choosing your strike with delta” introduces this term with worked examples, a quiz and the trades around it. The Academy is part of the YieldCove membership.

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8 terms around this one — the words its definition uses, its lesson siblings and the terms that build on it.

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