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edit button doesnt work on this comp for whatever reason. thats very interesting.Originally Posted by DC SOUNDS
Originally Posted by LazyJ10
Lots to learn still, but the generic is:
Options are contracts, but not obligations, to buy stock at a date in the future.
Meaning, the contract itself trades...
You can have calls/puts on them.
Originally created as a hedge strategy, I believe.
Volatile, but less capital required initially.
thats true. options are financial derivatives. but they derive their value as a contract to buy stock in the future at a fixed price, usually, the grant date. For example, I grant you an option today 12/31/08, the stock is trading $5/share, the option is a contract for the right to buy that stock for a set term in the future at $5/share. Basically you want to own that option if you are speculating that the stock will rise in value, to say, $8/share, by owning that option, you have the right, not the obligation, to buy it at $5 share and thus you have an intrinsic value of $3.