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:]
摘要: The set of all the call options or all the put options for a particular stock, index fund, or futures security on a listed exchange. The number of options available for purchase or sale within a given[阅读全文:]
摘要: A pattern of months in which option contracts usually expire (usually a nine month period). There are three common cycles:
JAJO - January, April, July, and October
MJSD - March, June, Se[阅读全文:]
摘要: A publication issued by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) that first-time option traders are required to read before being allowed to make any option trades. The document prepares traders for the[阅读全文:]
摘要: A type of mutual fund with the goal to generate current income for its investors from the premium it earns by selling option contracts. The profits investors earn on the options are taxed as ordinary [阅读全文:]
摘要: A commodities exchange in New York that trades futures and options on sugar, cotton, coffee, cocoa and orange juice, in addition to interest rates, currency and indexes.
This exchange wa[阅读全文:]
摘要: The world's largest physical commodity futures exchange. Trading is conducted through two divisions: the NYMEX Division, which is home to the energy, platinum and palladium markets, and the COMEX Div[阅读全文:]
摘要: A term for option contracts whose underlying securities are instruments other than equities.
Examples of non-equity options would include options on bonds, commodities, debt issues and foreign c[阅读全文:]