I don't think it makes any difference - it's all the same data for a fixed position that you do not plan to make adjustments to. Since all option chains are quoted in price and greeks, it would be a little more cumbersome for adjustments ( and what would you use in place of the greeks when initiating a position - picking the strikes, months, etc), but once the position is estblished - it's all the same.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:25 AM, WilliamF
<wnfletcher@hotmail.com> wrote:
Can somebody tell me why traders don't use percentages instead of Greeks when dealing with individual positions - or maybe translate the Greeks into percentages of the underlying or the investment. For example, if I have an iron condor with a margin of $1,600, isn't it more informative to express the delta as a percentage of this margin, rather than as a dollar number?
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