ratio hedge

ratio hedge definition - finance
A comparison between the number of options that are purchased and the number of futures contracts that are held. The ratio hedge describes what both numbers need to be in order to establish a risk-neutral hedge.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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