Volatility Risk - Sensitivity To Volatility

Sensitivity To Volatility

A measure for the sensitivity of a price of a portfolio (or asset) to changes in volatility is vega, the rate of change of the value of the portfolio with respect to the volatility of the underlying asset.

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