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Strike price: The strike price shows where the option goes in the money. Last price: This shows what this specific option last sold for. Bid: The bid is the current price that a buyer is willing ...
An open-high-low-close chart (OHLC) is a type of chart typically used in technical analysis to illustrate movements in the price of a financial instrument over time. Each vertical line on the chart shows the price range (the highest and lowest prices) over one unit of time, e.g., one day or one hour.
It initially offered futures contracts and options linked to short-term interest rates. In 1993 LIFFE merged with the London Traded Options Market (LTOM), adding equity options to its product range. This is when it changed its name to the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange.
If a company grants options on June 1 (when the stock price is $100), but backdates the options to May 15 (when the price was $80) in order to make the option grants more favorable to the grantees, the fact remains that the grants were actually made on June 1, and if the exercise price of the granted options is $80, not $100, it is below fair ...
Rho: Rho measures the change in the option price if the risk-free interest rate changes by 1 percentage point. A rising rate raises the price of call options and lowers the cost of put options ...
Exchanges quote options prices in terms of the per-share price, not the total price you must pay to own the contract. For example, an option may be quoted at $0.75 on the exchange.
Because options prices are automatically updated as soon as the underlying stock price changes, the potential existed to update at five times as many price points. [3] Dollar Strikes: The standard stock option strike prices are in increments of $2.50 at and below $25, and in $5.00 increments for strikes above $25. A Dollar Strike Program would ...
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