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  2. Option symbol - Wikipedia

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    Before 2010, the ticker (trading) symbols for US options typically looked like this: IBMAF . This consisted of a root symbol ('IBM') + month code ('A') + strike price code ('F'). The root symbol is the symbol of the stock on the stock exchange. After this comes the month code, A-L mean January–December calls, M-X mean January–December puts.

  3. Option naming convention - Wikipedia

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    In financial markets, an option naming convention is a method of identifying which of many possible options is being quoted or traded. Standard Equity Option Convention [ edit ] US equity options, typically cleared by the Options Clearing Corporation , underwent an initiative between 2008 and 2010 to change the standard symbology.

  4. Options strategy - Wikipedia

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    Option strategies are the simultaneous, and often mixed, buying or selling of one or more options that differ in one or more of the options' variables. Call options, simply known as Calls, give the buyer a right to buy a particular stock at that option's strike price. Opposite to that are Put options, simply known as Puts, which give the buyer ...

  5. How to Read a Book - Wikipedia

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    How to Read a Book is a book by the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren. The 1972 revision gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition. In addition, it deals with genres (including ...

  6. Normalization (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    In statistics and applications of statistics, normalization can have a range of meanings. [1] In the simplest cases, normalization of ratings means adjusting values measured on different scales to a notionally common scale, often prior to averaging. In more complicated cases, normalization may refer to more sophisticated adjustments where the ...

  7. File descriptor - Wikipedia

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    Overview File descriptors for a single process, file table and inode table. Note that multiple file descriptors can refer to the same file table entry (e.g., as a result of the dup system call: 104 ) and that multiple file table entries can in turn refer to the same inode (if it has been opened multiple times; the table is still simplified because it represents inodes by file names, even ...

  8. Valuation of options - Wikipedia

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    Valuation of options. In finance, a price (premium) is paid or received for purchasing or selling options. This article discusses the calculation of this premium in general. For further detail, see: Mathematical finance § Derivatives pricing: the Q world for discussion of the mathematics; Financial engineering for the implementation; as well ...

  9. GUID Partition Table - Wikipedia

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    The GUID Partition Table ( GPT) is a standard for the layout of partition tables of a physical computer storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid-state drive, using universally unique identifiers (UUIDs), which are also known as globally unique identifiers (GUIDs).