Angry"No. 发表于 2013-11-6 08:17 
by the way, i am using the Black-Scholes model for evaluating it, so i have to get the strike pric ...
You are using index option, so the delta is of course the index option's delta.
Strike price can vary according to your demand. ITM, ATM, OTM are all ok. Different strike has different delta. ATM is usually more liquid, OTM is cheaper, but you have to buy more, ITM is expensive but more liquid than OTM and you can buy less. It depends on your choice.
And there is also a difference in hedge the change in price or hedge until time to maturity. The way use delta and beta is hedge the every day price change of your portfolio, while if you want to hedge to maturity of the option, this is just hedge a level, which means you only want to secure the value of your portoflio at time to maturity regardless of whether you lose or gain in the process.
best,