Posted On January 2, 2021
Beta weighting is a portfolio management technique that allows experienced investors to manage a complex portfolio of stocks, futures, and options without constantly calculating notional values. With beta weighting, investors can use greeks like delta to measure how an entire portfolio, including leveraged investments like options and futures, may respond to market movement. This video shows you how to use thinksorswim\u00ae paperMoney\u00ae to beta weight a portfolio to determine how many futures contracts to use to hedge a stock portfolio with futures.
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