摘要:A futures and options exchange in London, England that was modeled after the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Similar to its American counterparts, this exchange used to dea[阅读全文]

摘要:A stock option offered by a target company to a white knight for additional equity or for the purchase of a valuable portion of their company.

An undesired third party is deterred from a[阅读全文]

摘要:An option that is sold on a registered exchange, such as the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) or Euronext. Listed options cover securities such as common stocks, ETFs, market indexes and commodit[阅读全文]

摘要:An option that locks-in gains once the underlying reaches predetermined price levels or "rungs," guaranteeing some profit even if the underlying security falls back below these levels before the opt[阅读全文]

摘要:An option with a built in mechanism to expire worthless should a specified price level be exceeded.
An exotic option mainly used for commodities and currencies.


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摘要:A latent option contract that begins to function as a normal option ("knocks in") only once a cert[阅读全文]

摘要:利率期权(interest-rate option)An investment tool whose payoff depends on the future level of interest rat[阅读全文]

摘要:A type of employee stock option with a tax benefit, when you exercise, of not having to pay ordinary income tax. Instead, the options are taxed at a capital gains rate.

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摘要:An option contract that cannot be sold for cash quickly at the prevailing market price. Illiquid options have very low or no open interest.

Most options are illiquid when they are far a[阅读全文]

摘要:A provision contained in an underwriting agreement that gives the underwriter the right to sell investors more shares than originally planned by the issuer. This would normally be done if the demand f[阅读全文]

摘要:The advance purchase of a put or call option with a strike price that will be determined at a later date, typically when the option becomes active. A forward start option becomes active at a specified[阅读全文]

摘要:An option, generally written by a clearing house, whose expiration date, strike price, and exercising style can be modified.

A flex option provides flexibility as it can be tailored to m[阅读全文]

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A fence or collar is an option strategy that establishes a trading band around a security or commodity, generally to protect profits. One form of a fence involves the sale of an out-of-the-money ca[阅读全文]

摘要:The option with the longer time to expiration in a calendar option spread, which involves buying or selling options with different expirations. In such a spread, the shorter-dated option will be the n[阅读全文]

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An embedded option that allows the firm which purchased the real option to expand its operations in the future at little or no cost. An expansion option, unlike typical options which obtain their v[阅读全文]

摘要:奇异期权（Exotic Options） 　　比常规期权(标准的欧式或美式期权 )更复杂的衍生证券，这些产品通常是场外交易或嵌入结构债券。比如执行价格不是一个确定的数，而是一段时间内的平均资产价格[阅读全文]

摘要:An embedded option within a project that allows the firm abort their operations at little or no cost. An exit option can typically only be exercised after key developments have occurred within the pro[阅读全文]

摘要:An option traded on a regulated exchange where the terms of each option are standardized by the exchange. The contract is standardized so that underlying asset, quantity, expiration date and strike pr[阅读全文]

摘要:An option that can only be exercised at the end of its life, at its maturity. European options tend to sometimes trade at a discount to its comparable American option. This is because American options[阅读全文]

摘要:嵌入式期权(Embedded option) 嵌入式期权是指在其他金融工具上“嵌入”一个选择权，而不一定是一个完整的期权工具。这种嵌有期权的创新金融工具有时也称“期权杂交”(option hybrid[阅读全文]