Hedging in German (DAX) market

[coldplay_option]

For options (not Futures/Futures Option), what are the hedging equities/index I can use for DAX?
US has the VIX but German's VIX is inactive...
Thx

 

[ETJ]

Take a look at the STOXX products if they are available to you.

 

[coldplay_option]

Thx. Yeah they are available but they tend to move along the DAX index and I cant see any liquidity yet. I was hoping to use an inverted instrument (e.g VIX is generally inverse of SPY).
In fact I wanted to hedge some Bull Put on Bayer and BMW through other instruments - any suggestion?
I can go for Bear Call making ending with Iron Condor for these equities but I am not sure its the right approach at this stage.

 

[ETJ]

Can't give you investment advice. Good luck whatever you decide.

 

[Chuck Krug]

you can somewhat hedge being long fdax by shorting estoxx50

 

[coldplay_option]

Will check out. Thanks

 

[HobbyTrading]

For options (not Futures/Futures Option), what are the hedging equities/index I can use for DAX?
US has the VIX but German's VIX is inactive...
Thx

What kind of instruments are you looking for? Are futures acceptable?
https://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/products/idx
https://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/products/vol

 

[coldplay_option]

Not into Futures yet. Was looking to hedge against other options.