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  2. Implied volatility - Wikipedia

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    A short time later, the option is trading at $2.10 with the underlying at $43.34, yielding an implied volatility of 17.2%. Even though the option's price is higher at the second measurement, it is still considered cheaper based on volatility. The reason is that the underlying needed to hedge the call option can be sold for a higher price.

  3. Call option - Wikipedia

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    The buyer of the call option has the right, but not the obligation, to buy an agreed quantity of a particular commodity or financial instrument (the underlying) from the seller of the option at or before a certain time (the expiration date) for a certain price (the strike price). This effectively gives the buyer a long position in the given ...

  4. Volatility (finance) - Wikipedia

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    The formulas used above to convert returns or volatility measures from one time period to another assume a particular underlying model or process. These formulas are accurate extrapolations of a random walk, or Wiener process, whose steps have finite variance. However, more generally, for natural stochastic processes, the precise relationship ...

  5. 6 Stock Option Trading Strategies to Consider in 2024 - AOL

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    Name. Purpose. How it Works. Benefits. Risks. Covered Calls. Income. Investor owns underlying stocks and sells call options allowing buyer to purchase the shares at set strike price by expiration ...

  6. Option on realized volatility - Wikipedia

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    The long position of the volatility option, like the vanilla option, has the right but not the obligation to trade the annualized realized volatility interchange with the short position at some agreed price (volatility strike) at some predetermined point in the future (expiry date). The payoff is commonly settled in cash by some notional amount.

  7. Volatility smile - Wikipedia

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    For markets where the graph is downward sloping, such as for equity options, the term "volatility skew" is often used. For other markets, such as FX options or equity index options, where the typical graph turns up at either end, the more familiar term "volatility smile" is used. For example, the implied volatility for upside (i.e. high strike ...

  8. Option (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, an option is a contract which conveys to its owner, the holder, the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price on or before a specified date, depending on the style of the option.

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

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    Call option: A call option gives its buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at the strike price prior to the expiration date.