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2. Options strategy - Wikipedia

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   Options strategy. 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 ...

3. Option (finance) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. In finance, an option is a contract which conveys to its owner, the holder, the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price on or before a specified date, depending on the style of the option. Options are typically acquired by purchase, as a form of ...

4. Strike price - Wikipedia

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   Strike price labeled on the graph of a call option. To the right, the option is in-the-money, and to the left, it is out-of-the-money. In finance, the strike price (or exercise price) of an option is a fixed price at which the owner of the option can buy (in the case of a call), or sell (in the case of a put), the underlying security or commodity.

5. Butterfly (options) - Wikipedia

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   A long butterfly options strategy consists of the following options: Long 1 call with a strike price of (X − a) Short 2 calls with a strike price of X. Long 1 call with a strike price of (X + a) where X = the spot price (i.e. current market price of underlying) and a > 0. Using put–call parity a long butterfly can also be created as follows:

6. Credit spread (options) - Wikipedia

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   e. In finance, a credit spread, or net credit spread is an options strategy that involves a purchase of one option and a sale of another option in the same class and expiration but different strike prices. It is designed to make a profit when the spreads between the two options narrows. Investors receive a net credit for entering the position ...

7. Stock market index option - Wikipedia

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   Stock market index option is a type of option, a financial derivative, that is based on stock indices like the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. They give an investor the right to buy or sell the underlying stock index for a defined time period. [1] Because index options are based on a large basket of stocks, investors are able to ...