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  2. Call options: Learn the basics of buying and selling - AOL

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    Call options vs. put options. The other major kind of option is called a put option, and its value increases as the stock price goes down. So traders can wager on a stock’s decline by buying put ...

  3. Call vs. put options: How they differ - AOL

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    When you buy a call or put option, you pay a premium, which is the price of the option contract. If you buy an option and it expires worthless, you lose the premium you paid. Buying call and put ...

  4. Call vs Put Options: Understand the Difference - AOL

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    In the financial world, options come in one of two flavors: calls and puts. The basic way that calls and puts function is actually fairly simple. A call option is a contract giving you the right to...

  5. Call option - Wikipedia

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    Option values vary with the value of the underlying instrument over time. The price of the call contract must act as a proxy response for the valuation of: the expected intrinsic value of the option, defined as the expected value of the difference between the strike price and the market value, i.e., max[S−X, 0]. [3]

  6. Put option - Wikipedia

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    In finance, a put or put option is a derivative instrument in financial markets that gives the holder (i.e. the purchaser of the put option) the right to sell an asset (the underlying), at a specified price (the strike), by (or on) a specified date (the expiry or maturity) to the writer (i.e. seller) of the put.

  7. Put–call parity - Wikipedia

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    Put–call parity is a static replication, and thus requires minimal assumptions, of a forward contract.In the absence of traded forward contracts, the forward contract can be replaced (indeed, itself replicated) by the ability to buy the underlying asset and finance this by borrowing for fixed term (e.g., borrowing bonds), or conversely to borrow and sell (short) the underlying asset and loan ...

  8. Short call vs. long call - AOL

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    A long call is the purchase of a call option. A long call offers the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a stock (or other asset) at a specific price by a specific date, at which point the ...

  9. Covered option - Wikipedia

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    Payoffs from a short put position, equivalent to that of a covered call Payoffs from a short call position, equivalent to that of a covered put. A covered option is a financial transaction in which the holder of securities sells (or "writes") a type of financial options contract known as a "call" or a "put" against stock that they own or are shorting.