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option - ...ANSWER...✓✓ gives the holder the right, but
not the obligation, to buy or sell a given quantity of an
asset on (or before) a given date, at prices agreed upon
today
exercising the option - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The act of buying
or selling the underlying asset
strike price or exercise price - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Refers to
the fixed price in the option contract at which the holder
can buy or sell the underlying asset
expiry (expiration date) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The maturity
date of the option
European options - ...ANSWER...✓✓ options that can be
exercised only at expiry
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American options - ...ANSWER...✓✓ options that can be
exercised at any time up to expiry
in-the-money - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Exercising the option
would result in a positive payoff
at-the-money - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Exercising the option
would result in a zero payoff (i.e., exercise priceequal to
spot price).
out-of-the-money - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Exercising the
option would result in a negative payoff.
call options - ...ANSWER...✓✓ gives the holder the right,
but not the obligation, to buy a given quantity of some
asset on or before some time in the future, at prices
agreed upon today.
put options - ...ANSWER...✓✓ gives the holder the right,
but not the obligation, to sell a given quantity of an asset
on or before some time in the future, at prices agreed
upon today.
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speculative value - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The difference
between the option premium and the intrinsic value of the
option
forward contract - ...ANSWER...✓✓ specifies that a
certain commodity will be exchanged at a specified time
in the future at a price specified today
-Its not an option: both parties are expected to hold up
their end of the deal
futures contract - ...ANSWER...✓✓ specifies that a certain
commodity will be exchanged at a specified time in the
future at a price specified today BUT are standardized
contracts trading on organized exchanges with daily
resettlement ("marking to market") through a
clearinghouse.
open interest - ...ANSWER...✓✓ the number of contracts
outstanding for a particular delivery month