{"id":5015,"date":"2021-08-19T21:19:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:47:45","slug":"option-greeks-theta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/","title":{"rendered":"Option Greeks &#8211; Theta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/akshit-gupta-274912106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 5px;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png\" alt=\"Akshit Gupta\" width=\"133\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/akshit-gupta-274912106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akshit GUPTA<\/a> (ESSEC Business School, Master in Management, 2019-2022) presents the technical subject of theta, an option Greek used in option pricing and hedging to deal with he passing of time.<\/p>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Theta is a type of option Greek which is used to compute the sensitivity or rate of change of the value of an option contract with respect to its time to maturity. The theta is denoted using the symbol (\u03b8). Essentially, the theta is the first partial derivative of the price of the option contract with respect to the time to maturity of the option contract.<\/p>\n<p>It is shown as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_Theta.png\" alt=\"Formula for the theta \" width=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Where <i>V<\/i> is the value of the option contract and <i>T<\/i> the time to maturity for the option contract.<\/p>\n<p>Theoretically, as the option contract approaches maturity, the theta of on option contract increases and moves towards zero as the time value or the time value of the option decreases. This is referred to as \u201ctheta decay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For example, an option contract is trading at a premium of $10 and has a theta of -0.8. Thus, with theta decay, the option price will decrease to $9.2 after one day and further to $6 after five days.<\/p>\n<p>The figure below represent the theta of a call option as a function of the time to maturity:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 1. Theta of a call option as a function of time to maturity.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Theta_call_option.png\" alt=\"Theta of a call option\" width=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nSource: computation by the author (Model: Black-Scholes-Merton).<\/p>\n<h2>Intrinsic and time value of an option contract<\/h2>\n<p>Essentially, the price of an option contract consists of two values namely, the intrinsic value and the time value (sometimes called extrinsic value). The intrinsic value in the price of an option contract is the real value or the fundamental value of an option based on the price of the underlying asset at a given point in time.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a call option contract has a strike price of $10 and the underlying asset has a market price of $17. Theoretically, the buyer of a call option can execute the contract and buy the asset at $10 and sell it in the market for $17. He\/she can make an immediate profit of $7 if they decide to exercise the option. Thus, the intrinsic value of the option contract is $7.<\/p>\n<p>If the current call option price\/premium is $9 in the market and the intrinsic value is $7, then the time value can be calculated as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_Theta_TimeValue.png\" alt=\"Time Value for the theta \" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, the time value is $9-$7 is equal to $2. The $2 is the time value of an option contract which is determined by the factors other than the price of the underlying asset. As the option approaches maturity, the time value of the option contract declines and tends to zero. The price of an option contract which is at the money or out the money, it consists entirely of the time value as there is no intrinsic value involved.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a call option contract with a strike price of $20, the underlying asset price of $15, and option premium of $3, has a time value equal to the option premium, $3, since the option is out of money.<\/p>\n<h2>Calculating Theta for call and put options<\/h2>\n<p>The theta for a non-dividend paying stock in a European call and put option is calculated using the following formula from the Black-Scholes Merton model:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_Theta_Call_Put_option.png\" alt=\"Formula for the theta of a call and a put option \" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Where <i>N\u2019(d<\/i><sub>1<\/sub>) represents the first order derivative of the cumulative distribution function of the normal distribution given by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_First_-derivative_Normal_distribution_d1.png\" alt=\"First_ derivative_Normal_distribution_d1\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>d<\/i><sub>1<\/sub> is given by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_Normal_distribution_d1.png\" alt=\"Formula for d1\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>d<\/i><sub>2<\/sub> is given by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_Normal_distribution_d2.png\" alt=\"Formula for d2\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And <i>N(-d<\/i><sub>2<\/sub>) is given by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/img_SimTrade_Formula_Normal_distribution_-d2.png\" alt=\"Formula for -d2\" width=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Where <i>S<\/i> is the price of the underlying asset (at the time of valuation of the option), \u03c3 the volatility in the price of the underlying asset, <i>T<\/i> time to option\u2019s maturity, <i>K<\/i> the strike price of the option contract and <i>r<\/i> the risk-free rate of return.<\/p>\n<h2>Excel pricer to calculate the theta of an option<\/h2>\n<p>You can download below an Excel file for an option pricer (based on the Black-Scholes-Merton or BSM model) which allows you to calculate the theta of a European-style call option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doc_SimTrade_Call_option_theta.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"padding: 3px;\" title=\"Download the Excel file to compute the theta of a European-style call option\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_SimTrade_Btn_Download_Excel_file_US.png\" alt=\"Download the Excel file to compute the theta of a European-style call option\" width=\"200\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Example for calculating theta<\/h2>\n<p>Let us consider a call option contract with the following characteristics: the underlying asset is an Apple stock, the option strike price (K) is equal to $300 and the time to maturity (T) is of one month (i.e., 0.084 years).<\/p>\n<p>At the time of valuation, the price of the Apple stock (S) is $300, the volatility (\u03c3) of Apple stock is 30% and the risk-free rate (r) is 3% (market data).<\/p>\n<p>The theta of a call option is approximately equal to -0.2636 per trading day.<\/p>\n<p>Using the above example, we can say that after one trading day, the price of the option will decrease by $0.2636 (approximately) due to time decay.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Posts on the SimTrade blog<\/h2>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/tag\/options\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">All posts about Options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Akshit GUPTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/options\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Akshit GUPTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/history-options-markets\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Options markets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Akshit GUPTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-trader-job-description\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Option Trader \u2013 Job description<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Jayati WALIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/black-scholes-merton-option-pricing-model\/\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener\">Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Akshit GUPTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-delta\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">The Option Greeks \u2013 Delta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Akshit GUPTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-gamma\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">The Option Greeks \u2013 Gamma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Akshit GUPTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-vega\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">The Option Greeks &#8211; Vega<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Useful resources<\/h2>\n<p>Hull J.C. (2015) Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Ninth Edition, Chapter 19 \u2013 The Greek Letters, 424\u2013431.<\/p>\n<p>Wilmott P. (2007) Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance, Second Edition, Chapter 8 \u2013 The Black Scholes Formula and The Greeks, 182-184.<\/p>\n<h2>About the author<\/h2>\n<p>Article written in August 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/akshit-gupta-274912106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akshit GUPTA<\/a> (ESSEC Business School, Master in Management, 2019-2022).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article written by Akshit GUPTA (ESSEC Business School, Master in Management, 2019-2022) presents the technical subject of theta, an option Greek used in option pricing and hedging to deal with he passing of time. Introduction Theta is a type of option Greek which is used to compute the sensitivity or rate of change of &#8230; <a title=\"Option Greeks &#8211; Theta\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Option Greeks &#8211; Theta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[106,113,286,437,474,588],"class_list":["post-5015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contributors","category-financial-techniques","tag-bsm-model","tag-call","tag-greeks","tag-options","tag-put","tag-theta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Option Greeks - Theta - SimTrade blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the role of Theta in option pricing - Insights into option modelling by Akshit GUPTA | SimTrade Blog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Option Greeks - Theta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the role of Theta in option pricing - Insights into option modelling by Akshit GUPTA | SimTrade Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SimTrade blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/fr-fr.facebook.com\/simtrade.fr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-19T20:19:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T19:47:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Akshit GUPTA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@simtrade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@simtrade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Akshit GUPTA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Akshit GUPTA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/person\/14fc0f6af00170b90f3078bb5053f95b\"},\"headline\":\"Option Greeks &#8211; Theta\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-19T20:19:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-03T19:47:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\"},\"wordCount\":871,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png\",\"keywords\":[\"BSM model\",\"Call\",\"Greeks\",\"Options\",\"Put\",\"theta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Contributors\",\"Financial techniques\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\",\"name\":\"Option Greeks - Theta - SimTrade blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-19T20:19:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-03T19:47:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the role of Theta in option pricing - Insights into option modelling by Akshit GUPTA | SimTrade Blog\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png\",\"width\":130,\"height\":162},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Option Greeks &#8211; Theta\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/\",\"name\":\"SimTrade blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SimTrade\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cropped-cropped-Banner_blog_SimTrade2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cropped-cropped-Banner_blog_SimTrade2.jpg\",\"width\":940,\"height\":126,\"caption\":\"SimTrade\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fr-fr.facebook.com\/simtrade.fr\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/simtrade\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sim-trade\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/person\/14fc0f6af00170b90f3078bb5053f95b\",\"name\":\"Akshit GUPTA\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49a18acfc7c39ff8d2f6b0b7c38e334370048cdc23be2b45e0dfd96f4a2f5be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49a18acfc7c39ff8d2f6b0b7c38e334370048cdc23be2b45e0dfd96f4a2f5be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49a18acfc7c39ff8d2f6b0b7c38e334370048cdc23be2b45e0dfd96f4a2f5be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Akshit GUPTA\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/author\/gupta\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Option Greeks - Theta - SimTrade blog","description":"Discover the role of Theta in option pricing - Insights into option modelling by Akshit GUPTA | SimTrade Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Option Greeks - Theta","og_description":"Discover the role of Theta in option pricing - Insights into option modelling by Akshit GUPTA | SimTrade Blog","og_url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/","og_site_name":"SimTrade blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/fr-fr.facebook.com\/simtrade.fr\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-19T20:19:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-03T19:47:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Akshit GUPTA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@simtrade","twitter_site":"@simtrade","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Akshit GUPTA","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/"},"author":{"name":"Akshit GUPTA","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/person\/14fc0f6af00170b90f3078bb5053f95b"},"headline":"Option Greeks &#8211; Theta","datePublished":"2021-08-19T20:19:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-03T19:47:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/"},"wordCount":871,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png","keywords":["BSM model","Call","Greeks","Options","Put","theta"],"articleSection":["Contributors","Financial techniques"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/","url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/","name":"Option Greeks - Theta - SimTrade blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png","datePublished":"2021-08-19T20:19:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-03T19:47:45+00:00","description":"Discover the role of Theta in option pricing - Insights into option modelling by Akshit GUPTA | SimTrade Blog","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_SimTrade_Photo1_Akshit_Gupta.png","width":130,"height":162},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/option-greeks-theta\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Option Greeks &#8211; Theta"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/","name":"SimTrade blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#organization","name":"SimTrade","url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cropped-cropped-Banner_blog_SimTrade2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cropped-cropped-Banner_blog_SimTrade2.jpg","width":940,"height":126,"caption":"SimTrade"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fr-fr.facebook.com\/simtrade.fr\/","https:\/\/x.com\/simtrade","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sim-trade"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/#\/schema\/person\/14fc0f6af00170b90f3078bb5053f95b","name":"Akshit GUPTA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49a18acfc7c39ff8d2f6b0b7c38e334370048cdc23be2b45e0dfd96f4a2f5be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49a18acfc7c39ff8d2f6b0b7c38e334370048cdc23be2b45e0dfd96f4a2f5be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49a18acfc7c39ff8d2f6b0b7c38e334370048cdc23be2b45e0dfd96f4a2f5be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Akshit GUPTA"},"url":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/author\/gupta\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5015"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17914,"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5015\/revisions\/17914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simtrade.fr\/blog_simtrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}