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:]
摘要: An option on a futures contract gives the holder the right to enter into a specified futures contract. If the option is exercised, the initial holder of the option would enter into the long side of th[阅读全文:]
摘要: A committee of representatives from participating exchanges responsible for providing last-sale options quotations and information from the participating exchanges.
OPRA divides its serv[阅读全文:]
摘要: A financial derivative that represents a contract sold by one party (option writer) to another party (option holder). The contract offers the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or [阅读全文:]
摘要: Exotic options traded on the over-the-counter market, where participants can choose the characteristics of the options traded.
The flexibility of these options is attractive to many. Wit[阅读全文:]
摘要: A list of options grants to an employee or employees of a company that contain the date and size (in shares) of each grant, as well as the expiration date, exercise price and vesting schedule. Option [阅读全文:]
摘要: A specific set of calls or puts on the same underlying security, in the same class and with the same strike price and expiration date.
An option series is a certain contract traded on a [阅读全文:]
摘要: A stock that has options trading on a market exchange. Not all companies that trade publicly have exchange traded options, this is due to requirements that need to be met, such as minimum share price [阅读全文:]
摘要: The process of granting an option that is dated prior to the date that the company granted that option. In this way, the exercise price of the granted option can be set at a lower price than that of t[阅读全文:]