A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death
Ratio which indicates the dependency of the option value on changes in the remaining term
An elusive operational description of the `best' input value to a simulator The front runner at the moment is not an operational description but a convenient modelling assumption It is assumed that there exists an input such that, given the simulator output at that input, reality is conditionally independent of the simulator outputs at all other inputs This assumption is often made implicitly [JCR, 17 04 00]
The expected change in an option premium caused by a small change in the time to expiration
The measure of change in the value of an option relative to the continuous decrease in time to expiry
The option sensitivity which refers to the time decay of options Options lose value very slowly up until approximately 40 days or so, when the option begins to deteriorate at an increasing rate
A measure of the rate of change in an option's theoretical value for a one-unit change in time to the option's expiration date (See Time decay )
The measure of the change in an option's premium given a change in the option's time until expiration Equal to the change in the option's premium divided by the change in time to expiration
energy peculiar to life or a thetan which acts upon material in the physical universe and animates it, mobilizes it and changes it; natural creative energy of a thetan which he has free to direct toward survival goals, especially when it manifests itself as high tone, constructive communications See also thetan
Scientology Energy peculiar to life or a thetan which acts upon material in the physical universe and animates it, mobilizes it and changes it; natural creative energy of a thetan which he has free to direct toward survival goals, especially when it manifests itself as high tone, constructive communications See also thetan