|
|
Option price |
|
|
|
 Home Site Map Add Term Search About Us Contributors |
Option priceAlso called the option premium; the price the buyer of the options contract pays for the right to buy or sell a security at a specified price in the future.Option price Similar MatchesForeign currency optionForeign currency optionAn option that conveys the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency at a specified price within a specified time period. Compound optionCompound optionOption on an option. OptionOptionAn option takes the form of a contract that gives its holder the right but not the obligation to buy or sell a fixed number of shares (or other instrument) at a fixed price on or before a given date.A CALL option is an option to BUY shares. Call options generally rise in price if the underlying shares rise in price (and vice versa).A PUT option is an option to SELL shares. Put options generally rise in price if the underlying shares fall in price (and vice versa).Note that the holder has a right, not an obligation. This means that he can decide to exercise the option to buy or sell the shares if he wants, but he doesn't have to if he decides that it is not in his interests to do so. The main criterion for that decision is whether the exercise price of the option is higher or lower than the current price of the underlying share.Options can exist over a number of different classes of asset including property, chattels, and most types of financial assets. For most people, they relate to ordinary shares, and the options are called equity options. In London they are traded on LIFFE. Call optionCall optionA clause in a loan agreement that allows a lender to ask for the balance at any time. Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)Applies to derivative products. Financial institution that is the actual issuer and guarantor of all listed option contracts. Further SuggestionsNon Equity OptionBargain purchase price option London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange Lookback option Covered or hedge option strategies Options contract Option holder Knock out option Split fee option Index option Option account Transferable Stock Options Garman Kohlhagen option pricing model settlement options Currency call option Out of the money option traditional options Currency option Class of Options Two state option pricing model Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) Lockup option Options on physicals Doubling option Option not to deliver |
|
|
|