Skip to main content

Conversion (Arbitrage)

Professional arbitrage exploiting put-call parity violations.

Master

Market Outlook

market-neutral

Family

arbitrage

Capital Req

very-high

Risk Profile

neutral

Strategy Overview

Key characteristics and when to use

Structure

Buy Stock + Buy Put + Sell Call (Same Strike)

Greek Profile

Delta neutral, theta neutral, vega neutral

Characteristics

ArbitrageMarket-NeutralProfessionalParity

Profit & Loss Formulas

Mathematical breakdown

Max Profit

Locked-in arbitrage profit

Max Loss

None (if true arbitrage)

Breakeven

No breakeven (arbitrage strategy)