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You asked: what is breakeven

Payoff, breakeven, and the number that must never be guessed

A payoff diagram is what a position is worth at expiry for every level the index could settle at, and the breakevens are the two levels where that value crosses zero.

Mayawhat these words mean

Maya reads the desk’s written explainers and the glossary. She holds no market data at all, so she can say what a thing is and cannot say what it is doing today.