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It’s the price at which you can buy or sell.
Strike price, as the price x 1000, front padded with 0s to 8 digits; Examples: [4] SPX 141122P00019500. The above symbol represents a put on SPX, expiring on 11/22/2014, with a strike price of $19.50. LAMR 150117C00052500. The above symbol represents a call on LAMR, expiring on 1/17/2015, with a strike price of $52.50.
Strike price labeled on the graph of a call option.To the right, the option is in-the-money, and to the left, it is out-of-the-money. In finance, the strike price (or exercise price) of an option is a fixed price at which the owner of the option can buy (in the case of a call), or sell (in the case of a put), the underlying security or commodity.
The reverse is true when the underlying price decreases. Strike price: The distance of the strike price from spot also affects option premium. If NIFTY goes from 5000 to 5100, the premium of 5000 strike and of 5100 strike will change more than a contract with strike of 5500 or 4700.
Prior to 2010, [1] standard equity option naming convention in North America, as used by the Options Clearing Corporation, was as follows: For example, an Apple Inc AAPL.O call option that would have expired in December 2007 at a $122.50 strike price would be displayed as APVLZ in old convention (AAPL071222C00122500 in new convention).
A long call ladder consists of buying a call at one strike price and selling a call at each of two higher strike prices, while a long put ladder consists of buying a put at one strike price and selling a put at each of two lower strike prices. [1] A short ladder is the opposite position, in which one option is sold and the other two are bought. [1]
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We can obtain a third view of the long box-spread by reading the table diagonally. A long box-spread can be viewed as a long strangle at one pair of strike prices, and , plus a short strangle at the same pair of strike prices. The long strangle contains the two long (buy) options.