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Option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific amount of a given stock, commodity, currency, index, or debt, at a specified price during a specified period of time. This glossary will give you insights into the world of Option.

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The right, but not the obligation, to buy (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) a specific amount of a given stock, commodity, currency, index, or debt, at a specified price (the strike ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

Definitions (2) 1. Options trading: A notice from an options clearing house received by an option's writer stating that the current option has been exercised and the writer must produce shares of ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

An investing derivative whereby the holder has a claim to one unit of the underlying asset if the market price of the asset is above the strike price of the option. If the market price is lower than ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

An investing derivative whereby the holder has a claim to one unit of the underlying asset if the market price of the asset is below the strike price of the option. If the market price is above the ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

A type of stock option used on Asian exchanges. The strike price in this type of option is based on the average asset price during a certain period of time, defined by a range of dates called the ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

An unusual futures and option market situation which occurs when an underlying asset in the commodities market is heavily in demand and causes nearby contracts to have a higher price than more ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

The difference between the strike price of a stock option and the market price of the underlying stock when the option is exercised, times the number of shares purchased. The bargain element is not ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

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