摘要: A type of covered-call strategy that consists of writing call options on stocks that the writer already owns to generate maximum current income from options premiums and dividends.
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摘要: An options strategy that involves the sale of call or put options on stocks that are believed to be overpriced or underpriced. The options are not expected to be exercised.
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摘要: An exotic option that is valued according to pre-determined price requirements for its underlying asset or commodity.
The payoffs associated with these options are determined by the path[阅读全文:]
摘要: An annuitization-method option with which the annuitant selects a specific time period for which the annuity income payments will last. This is unlike the more commonly selected life option, with whic[阅读全文:]
摘要: A non-standard financial option with no fixed maturity and no exercise limit. While the life of a standard option can vary from a few days to several years, a perpetual option (XPO) can be exercised a[阅读全文:]
摘要: The first securities exchange to be formed in the United States.
Created in 1790, the PHLX trades stocks as well as equity, currency, and index options. Their currency options can be eit[阅读全文:]
摘要: An option that is bought or sold by itself; in other words, the option position is not hedged by another offsetting position. An outright option can be either a call or a put.
Most optio[阅读全文:]
摘要: A hedged position in which the offsetting position is for a greater amount than the underlying position held by the firm entering into the hedge. The over-hedged position essentially locks in a price [阅读全文:]
摘要: A clearing organization that acts as both the issuer and guarantor for option and futures contracts.
The Options Clearing Corporation is regulated by both the SEC and the CFTC.
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摘要: One options contract represents one hundred shares in the underlying stock. The quoted price of an option is per share.
The quoted price of a stock option must be multiplied by 100 to ge[阅读全文:]