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Hedge
Risk Management
Qué significa
A position opened to offset the risk of another position. If your main trade loses, the hedge should gain, reducing the total damage.
Ejemplo
You hold $50,000 of long SPY and buy a $500 put option that pays off if SPY crashes. If the market drops 10%, your long loses $5,000 but the put gains about $4,000, softening the blow.
Error común de principiantes
Beginners hedge every trade and watch their gains evaporate into hedge costs. A hedge is insurance -- it has a price; over-hedging guarantees you cannot make money.
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