I'm trying to back test an strategy for 0 days to expiration options, but I'm always getting 0 on the greeks in that case, if I use 1 day to expiration options then the greeks are correct. Any idea on how to fix it? Attached back test showing the problem
Ernest Shaggleford
Hi Jose,
I've seen this issue also. I believe it's due to the use of theoretical option pricing models that don't support the day of expiration. This makes it difficult to trade options on expiration day if using the IV or Greeks.
Best,
ES.
Derek Melchin
Hi Jose,
By default, the Greeks are set to 0 when the pricing models raise an exception. As the backtest above demonstrates, one of these exceptions is raised when a contract has 0 days left to expiry. I've opened a GitHub Issue to have this resolved. Our progress can be tracked here.
Best,
Derek Melchin
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Derek Melchin
Hi Ernest,
Thank you for the suggestion. I've updated the GitHub Issue to reference that URL in the "Potential Solution" section.
Best,
Derek Melchin
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Jose Antonio Sanchez
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