The chart below shows the vega values for calls and the corresponding puts. As you can see, these values match up in every instance.
Vega can also be used to calculate how much a specific options price will change with a movement in implied volatility. You simply count how many volatility ticks implied volatility has moved.
Multiply that number times the vega and either add it (if volatility increased) to the options present value or subtract it (if volatility decreased) from the options present value to obtain the options new value under the new volatility assumption. The calculation works on individual options and can be used to calculate the value of the time spread.
Now, lets apply the concepts of vega to the Time Spread.
When you apply the vega concept to time spreads, you will observe that as implied volatility increases, so does the value of the time spread increases. This is because with the out-month option, with the higher vega it will increase more than the closer month option that has the lower vega. That will widen or increase the spread. |