You are long 100,000 3-month at-the-money put options on XYZ stock, and you have set up a delta neutral hedge by trading the stock. Suppose that tomorrow the implied volatility in option prices goes up, but the actual volatility of XYZ's price movements in the market does not change. How will that affect your position? On the other hand, what if actual volatility goes up but implied volatility is unchanged? How would your position be affected in that case?

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1 It wont affect your position since according to delta neutral hedge strategy the the position on o... View the full answer