minimum-variance hedge ratio

minimum-variance hedge ratio definition - finance
The minimum number of options or futures contracts needed to hedge a position in the cash market to prevent the least change in the total hedged position.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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