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title: Frequency and Purpose of Complex Options in the Market
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4568445/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4568445
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4568445
featured: 2023-09-14
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Frequency and Purpose of Complex Options in the Market

Complex options trades, accounting for over 30% of options trading volume, are often used to adjust the expiration or strike of a simple position.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4568445
- Identifier: SSRN 4568445
- Released: 2023-03-21
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 15 (2023-09-14): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-09-14/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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