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There are two applications of delta hedging presented in the CFA curriculum: You have an existing position in the underlying security and you want to hedge that position with options. You have an existing position in options and you want to hedge that position either with the underlying security or with options. I’ll cover both […]

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I recently wrote a question for a mock exam about implementation shortfall, and it occurred to me that an article on the subject was long overdue. Implementation shortfall has been the bane of Level III CFA candidates for a few decades now, and for good reason: in the curriculum, there isn’t a straightforward, comprehensive example […]

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