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Owner has right to purchase asset at specified price
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Price to purchase asset for on or before expiry
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Owner has right to sell asset at specified price
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In the money yields profits, out yields loss, at is break even
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Allows holder to exercise option on or before expiry date
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Owner can only exercise option at expiry date
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Buy a put option on owned stock, if it drops below a certain level, exercise the put
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Sell a call option on owned stock, if it drops or stays flat you collect premium, if it rises your gains are capped at option price
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Buy a put and a call on stock you own, expecting the stock to go up or down a lot soon
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Buying 2 calls or 2 puts, either of varying exercise prices or expiry dates
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Brackets value of portfolio between two bounds, sell a call to buy a put, protected if stock drops but limited if it gains
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Like a call option, firms issue these, when exercised stock is created rather than cash
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Lookback, currency translated, digital, asian, barrier
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Made up of time value, intrinsic (in the money), volatility
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| Options Clearing Corporation |
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Deals with the clearing of old options and issuance of new options
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| Naked Call vs. Covered Call |
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Naked has no stock, covered equals amount of stock owned
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Third Friday of march, June, September, December; options, futures, indexes all expire at the same time
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Derivative is option, primitive is stock
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