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Under a sticky-delta regime, what happens to the implied volatility of a fixed strike when spot rises?
- AIt rises, because that strike is now lower relative to spot, further up a downward-sloping skew
- BIt stays the same, since the strike has not moved
- CIt falls, because spot has moved up towards the strikes with lower implied volatility
- DIt becomes undefined
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