Step By Step Instructions:
1. Create a delta-neutral position. To do this, you will want to sell an
amount of short shares that will equal the amount of long shares
you opened. For example, if you buy 100 ABC calls that each
have a 0.40 delta, your position delta would be 40. This is the
equivalent of 4000 shares (delta
x number of shares you bought).
2.
As the stock rises and falls, your delta will change due to gamma.
The gamma will benefit your trade, and the delta will change in
your favour. The delta will get shorter as your underlying stock
falls and longer as it rises. As the delta recalibrates, you will
develop an opportunity: hedge your investment as your delta
changes, which will result in scalping the stock.
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Hedging your investments means to continue making
investments for the benefit of previous ones made, so:
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When the stock falls and the delta gets short, you will buy
stock.
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When the stock rises and the delta becomes long, you can
sell stock.
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These scalping transactions create cash flow through the
method of “buy low, sell high”.
3. You want to beware of the theta in your scalping procedures. You
might recall that the theta is the amount of money stock loses
every day. In order to counter this loss, you will need to scalp