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how to define liquidity in equity, index, and etf options
i've heard several ways to put a metric on liquidity of options.. obviously liquidity isn't a constant.. things like the Bid/Asks spread, liquidity of the underlying.. Trying to find a way to ...
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Is it ever possible that---because of illiquidity---exercising an out-of-the-money option is better than directly buying the stock?
Is there a case, where due to illiquidity, exercising out-of-the-money options could be better than directly buying the stock?
When a stock is too illiquid, there are some costs because of this ...
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Modeling liquidity effect on option prices
What are practically useful ways of modelling the effect of liquidity on options?
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How do you calculate the implied liquidity of an option?
How does one calculate the implied liquidity of a specific option contract given a set of vanilla puts and calls with various strikes and maturities on a single underlying?