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Of course, at some point the piper will have to be paid, as the flip side of this short-gamma hedging that lifted stocks is what also helped to exacerbate moves in the opposite direction, as the drop in shares that started last Friday and accelerated over the next three days as the Nasdaq experienced its first correction since March, prompted market makers to undo hedges at an increasing speed, spurring more losses. The unwinding the all this gamma will be a "turbulent process," according to UBS. |
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