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Vanna is the second derivative of an option's value with respect to the underlying spot price and volatility. It represents the sensitivity of an option's delta to changes in volatility. Vanna can help traders anticipate how effective their delta or vega hedges will be as volatility or the underlying price changes. Charm is another second derivative Greek - it represents the rate of change of an option's delta over time. Vomma is the second derivative of an option's value with respect to volatility, representing the sensitivity of vega to changes in volatility.

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Vanna

Vanna is the second derivative of an option's value with respect to the underlying spot price and volatility. It represents the sensitivity of an option's delta to changes in volatility. Vanna can help traders anticipate how effective their delta or vega hedges will be as volatility or the underlying price changes. Charm is another second derivative Greek - it represents the rate of change of an option's delta over time. Vomma is the second derivative of an option's value with respect to volatility, representing the sensitivity of vega to changes in volatility.

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Vanna,[4] also referred to as DvegaDspot[12] and DdeltaDvol,[12] is a second order derivative of the

option value, once to the underlying spot price and once to volatility. It is mathematically equivalent
to DdeltaDvol, the sensitivity of the option delta with respect to change in volatility; or alternatively,
the partial of vega with respect to the underlying instrument's price. Vanna can be a useful
sensitivity to monitor when maintaining a delta- or vega-hedged portfolio as vanna will help the
trader to anticipate changes to the effectiveness of a delta-hedge as volatility changes or the
effectiveness of a vega-hedge against change in the underlying spot price.

If the underlying value has continuous second partial derivatives, then {\displaystyle
{\text{Vanna}}={\frac {\partial \Delta }{\partial \sigma }}={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {V}}}{\partial
S}}={\frac {\partial ^{2}V}{\partial S\partial \sigma }}}{\displaystyle {\text{Vanna}}={\frac {\partial
\Delta }{\partial \sigma }}={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {V}}}{\partial S}}={\frac {\partial ^{2}V}{\partial
S\partial \sigma }}},

Charm

{\displaystyle {\text{Charm}}=-{\frac {\partial \Delta }{\partial \tau }}=-{\frac {\partial \Theta


}{\partial S}}=-{\frac {\partial ^{2}V}{\partial \tau \,\partial S}}}{\displaystyle {\text{Charm}}=-{\frac
{\partial \Delta }{\partial \tau }}=-{\frac {\partial \Theta }{\partial S}}=-{\frac {\partial ^{2}V}{\partial
\tau \,\partial S}}}

Charm[4] or delta decay[13] measures the instantaneous rate of change of delta over the passage of
time. Charm has also been called DdeltaDtime.[12] Charm can be an important Greek to
measure/monitor when delta-hedging a position over a weekend. Charm is a second-order
derivative of the option value, once to price and once to the passage of time. It is also then the
derivative of theta with respect to the underlying's price.

The mathematical result of the formula for charm (see below) is expressed in delta/year. It is often
useful to divide this by the number of days per year to arrive at the delta decay per day. This use is
fairly accurate when the number of days remaining until option expiration is large. When an option
nears expiration, charm itself may change quickly, rendering full day estimates of delta decay
inaccurate.

Vomma

{\displaystyle {\text{Vomma}}={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {V}}}{\partial \sigma }}={\frac {\partial


^{2}V}{\partial \sigma ^{2}}}}{\displaystyle {\text{Vomma}}={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {V}}}{\partial
\sigma }}={\frac {\partial ^{2}V}{\partial \sigma ^{2}}}}

Vomma,[4] volga,[14] vega convexity,[14] or DvegaDvol[14] measures second order sensitivity to


volatility. Vomma is the second derivative of the option value with respect to the volatility, or, stated
another way, vomma measures the rate of change to vega as volatility changes. With positive
vomma, a position will become long ve

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