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Basket optionsPackages that involve the exchange of more than two currencies against a base currency at expiration. The basket option buyer purchases the right, but not the obligation, to receive designated currencies in exchange for a base currency, either at the prevailing foreign exchange market rate or at a prearranged rate of exchange. Multinational corporations with multicurrency cash flows frequently use basket options because it is generally cheaper to buy an option on a basket of currencies than to buy individual options on each of the currencies that make up the basket.Basket options Similar MatchesUncovered optionsUncovered optionsSee: Naked options Index optionsIndex optionsCall or put options on an index such as the Standard and Poor's 500 Index or the FTSE 100 Index.Index options are exercisable into cash rather than the underlying shares in the index. This differentiates them from equity options which are exercisable into the shares to which the option relates.In the USA, index options are traded on a number of exchanges including the New York and Chicago Board Options Exchanges. In the UK, index options are traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange. (LIFFE) Options contract multipleOptions contract multipleA constant, set at $100, that when multiplied by the cash index value gives the dollar value of the stock index underlying an option. That is the dollar value of the underlying stock index = Cash index value x $100 (the options contract multiple). London International Financial Futures and Options ExchangeLondon International Financial Futures and Options ExchangeA futures and options exchange, located in London, which originally dealt only in financial instruments including equities (shares), government bonds, indices (such as the FTSE 100 Index) interest rates and a wide range of currencies. In 1996, LIFFE merged with the London Commodity Exchange with unified administration and exchange systems. All trades of the merged exchange are guaranteed by the London Clearing House (LCH). LIFFE is a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE), regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Traditional optionsTraditional optionsOptions on shares which, unlike traded options, are not transferable and must be exercised on specific dates. In order to make a profit, the owner of the options has to purchase them (assuming the option price is attractive on the relevant date) and then sell them on the market. Further SuggestionsTransferable Stock OptionsChicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX) Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) FLEX Options Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) Registered options trader Margin requirement (options) Class of Options European Options Exchange (EOE) Indexed Stock Options Settlement options Options Clearing Corporation Switching options Options contract Gnma (government National Mortgage Association) Options Barrier options Options on physicals settlement options MONEP (Marche des Options Negociables de Paris) Conditional call options equity options Equity options |
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