Then, by paying 70 cents (or $ 70 per contract), you'd have 60 days in which you'd be able to wait and see how
XYZ stock performed prior to selling it.
Buying the 95 - strike put, you'd have the right, but not the obligation to sell
your XYZ stock at $ 95 per share.
For example, if an investor wants to purchase shares of
XYZ stock for no more than $ 10 per share, the investor could submit a buy limit order for $ 10 and the order will execute only if the price of
XYZ stock is $ 10 or lower.
In calm markets, if
XYZ stock trades through $ 95, you most likely will get the trade executed near that stop price.
For example, if
XYZ stock is 10 % of the index, Rs. 100 out of Rs. 1,000 will be invested in stock XYZ.
For example, suppose a trader believes that, if the price of
XYZ stock breaks above of $ 10, it will continue heading higher.
You originally bought
XYZ stock at $ 50 / share.
If
XYZ stock index futures are trading at $ 50.25 and the contract is for 100 shares of
XYZ stock, the nominal value of the futures contract would be $ 5025.00.
Suppose you want to buy 100 shares of
XYZ stock currently trading at $ 60 per share.
The point is that a lot of investors want to race out and tell anyone that will listen that they just invested in
XYZ stock and it's up by 10 %.
Let's say
XYZ stock currently trades for $ 40 and you want to trade an iron condor.
So let's say you purchased 100 shares of
XYZ stock at $ 50 a share.
The market price of
XYZ stock ends at $ 30 at expiration.
For example, if you transfer
XYZ stock on December 15, the value of
XYZ stock on that day will determine the amount of income you report from the partial conversion.
I woke up one morning to learn that
XYZ stock had lost 80 % of its value overnight.
I always thought of a stock option as a legal contract stating «This entitles the bearer to purchase 1 share of
XYZ stock before -LCB- DATE -RCB- at -LCB- PRICE -RCB-» (regardless of the bearer's identity - anyone providing a contract i.e. option along with the cash value stated would walk away with 1 share in return, period).
You purchase $ 8,000 of
XYZ stock on margin.
You could also buy $ 8,000 worth of
XYZ stock by putting $ 4,000 in your margin account.
You could buy 100 shares of
XYZ stock, which trades for $ 10.
You want to buy
XYZ stock, which trades at $ 8 per share.
On April 10 you buy a call option on
XYZ stock.
For example, if
XYZ stock is trading at $ 80 and an investor has interest in purchasing 100 shares of the stock at $ 75, the investor could write a put option with a strike price of $ 75.
In the examples using
XYZ stock, both options are out of the money and are composed of only time premium.
Using the example above, let's say you purchase 200 shares of
XYZ stock, at $ 12.00.
You purchase 200 shares of
XYZ stock, trading at $ 12.00 per share.
You buy 100 shares of
XYZ stock, and now you are long XYZ.
Suppose over a two - year period, you made the following purchases of
XYZ stock (you are in the 28 % tax bracket):
Example:
XYZ stock is at $ 37; a call option with a strike of 40 selling for $ 1.90 has upside potential of $ 3 / share (40 - 37).
Example: consider that you believe
XYZ stock will rise within 10 minutes.
For example, if XYZ is trading at $ 42 and you sell a Feb 45 on it for $ 3, and then XYZ shoots up to $ 60 you will only get $ 48 for
your XYZ stock (45 + 3).
If
XYZ stock bites the dust, you may owe more than you have available.
What would happen if
XYZ stock fell to $ 25 / share?
On 2014-06-01 I buy an additional single
XYZ stock for $ 500.
Suppose the following (in the U.S.): On 2014-01-01 I buy a single
XYZ stock for $ 100.
For example, let's say you have $ 1,500 to invest in
XYZ stock.
If that buyer decides to exercise his right to buy the stock at $ 35 / share then the person who sold him the call option is obligated to sell 100 shares of
XYZ stock to him at $ 35 / share.
On the other hand,
your XYZ stock may issue a voluntary corporate action telling you about an optional dividend offer.
For example, a «February 35 call option on
XYZ stock» gives the buyer of the call option the right to pay $ 35 / share for 100 shares of
XYZ stock any time between now and the 3rd Friday in February (monthly options always expire on the 3rd Friday of the month).
Imagine
XYZ stock is trading at $ 32 per share.
If
XYZ stock becomes worthless by expiration you could lose $ 29 / share.
For example, if you owned a «January 50 call option on
XYZ stock» then you have the right to pay $ 50 / share for 100 shares of
XYZ stock any time you want between today and the 3rd Friday in January (monthly options always expire on the 3rd Friday).
However if you look at total order quantity, there's around 100 to buy compared to 45 to sell, meaning that quite a few are interested in
XYZ stock and the chances are high that some may sooner or later be more willing to pay 5.35 or 5.40.
So if I buy
XYZ stock, 50 bucks a share it goes down to $ 30 a share.
Example: Two months ago you bought 100 shares of
XYZ stock at $ 50 and sold an option with a strike of 55 for $ 3.
Example:
XYZ stock is at 37, and a call option with a strike of 40 is selling for $ 1.
Example:
XYZ stock is at $ 37; a call option with a strike of 35 selling for $ 5 has intrinsic value of $ 2 / share (37 - 35).
Example 3: You buy
XYZ stock for $ 10 a share and leave your shares to a loved one in your will.
For example, an investor decides to buy 100 shares of
XYZ stock at $ 33.
So much sexier to say you bought
XYZ stock than a sovereign bond (Except for a sovereign British bond:O)-RRB-.
One important fact not mentionned in your article, is that option sellers are big guys (market makers, large position holders in
xyz stocks) playing around with small fish, (options buyers) teasing them to buy, and manipulating the markets to get their options sold, to lower values, and so on....