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...
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function in its Finance package). This partial derivative has a fundamental role in the Breeden–Litzenberger formula, which uses quoted call option prices to...
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In finance, the style or family of an option is the class into which the option falls, usually defined by the dates on which the option may be exercised...
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Look up option or options in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Option or Options may refer to: Option key, a key on Apple computer keyboards Option type,...
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option is a financial exotic option in which the payoff is either some fixed monetary amount or nothing at all. The two main types of binary options are...
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In finance, a put or put option is a derivative instrument in financial markets that gives the holder (i.e. the purchaser of the put option) the right...
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In finance, a call option, often simply labeled a "call", is a contract between the buyer and the seller of the call option to exchange a security at a...
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is willing to exercise the options. Real options analysis, as a discipline, extends from its application in corporate finance, to decision making under...
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Lookback options, in the terminology of finance, are a type of exotic option with path dependency, among many other kind of options. The payoff depends...
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In finance, an exotic option is an option which has features making it more complex than commonly traded vanilla options. Like the more general exotic...
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In finance, an option symbol is a code by which options are identified on an options exchange or a futures exchange. Before 2010, the ticker (trading)...
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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...
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option Warrants Foreign exchange option Interest rate options Bond options Real options Options on futures Swap (finance) Interest rate swap Basis swap...
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In mathematical finance, a Monte Carlo option model uses Monte Carlo methods to calculate the value of an option with multiple sources of uncertainty or...
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Strike price (redirect from Strike (options))
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...
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In finance, a foreign exchange option (commonly shortened to just FX option or currency option) is a derivative financial instrument that gives the right...
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In finance, the binomial options pricing model (BOPM) provides a generalizable numerical method for the valuation of options. Essentially, the model uses...
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In finance, a default option, credit default swaption or credit default option is an option to buy protection (payer option) or sell protection (receiver...
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Black–Scholes model (redirect from Black–Scholes option pricing model)
stock-option value, Journal of Political Economy, 72, 163–175. A Perspective on Quantitative Finance: Models for Beating the Market, Quantitative Finance Review...
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closer to a lognormally distributed asset. Option (finance) Rainbow option Mountain range (options) "Basket option". The Financial Engineer. 2014. Retrieved...
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In finance, a bond option is an option to buy or sell a bond at a certain price on or before the option expiry date. These instruments are typically traded...
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In finance, a price (premium) is paid or received for purchasing or selling options. This article discusses the calculation of this premium in general...
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In finance, the time value (TV) (extrinsic or instrumental value) of an option is the premium a rational investor would pay over its current exercise...
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An Asian option (or average value option) is a special type of option contract. For Asian options, the payoff is determined by the average underlying price...
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using the Gordon model. Terminal value Net realizable value Option time value Option (finance) Expected value Look-through earnings Phil Town (2018). The...
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referred to as "wholesale finance". Institutions here extend the products offered, with related trading, to include bespoke options, swaps, and structured...
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In finance, a warrant is a security that entitles the holder to buy or sell stock, typically the stock of the issuing company, at a fixed price called...
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interest rate on the date of the contract. Option (finance): similar to a forward contract, but optional. Call option: A contract that gives the owner the right...
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A barrier option is an option whose payoff is conditional upon the underlying asset's price breaching a barrier level during the option's lifetime. Barrier...
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covered calls. Protective option MacMillan, Lawrence (2002). Options as a strategic investment (4th ed.). New York Institute of Finance. ISBN 978-0735202382...
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