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Oxeye Hedged Income Option Strategy Posts Its February 2024 Results
February 2024 - Hedge Fund
Oxeye Hedged Income Option Strategy Posts its February 2024 Results
The strategy involves writing ladders of ‘strangles’ on the FTSE 100 Index, selling 3- month Put and Call options up to approximately 5% out-of-the-money with matched expirations. Four strangles will typically be sold each month so that 12 strangles are laddered out over three months, implying synthetic ‘gross leverage’ of 5x (on half FUM). The higher the market volatility, the higher the option premiums earned