An option is a contract giving the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy (in the case of calls) or sell (in the case of puts) the underlying
instrument at a specified price for a specified period of time.
An order placed with a broker to buy or sell a designated security or other
instrument at a specified price or better.
A contract in which the seller agrees to deliver a specified commodity or financial
instrument at a specified price sometime in the future.
A call option is an agreement that gives an investor the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity or other
instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.
Put Option is an options contract wherein the buyer has the right to sell the underlying financial
instruments at a specified price during a specified time in the future.
A limit order is a take - profit order placed with a bank or brokerage to buy or sell a set amount of a financial
instrument at a specified price or better; because a limit order is not a market order, it may not be executed if the price set by the investor can not be met during the period of time in which the order is left open.
Not exact matches
Option: A security that represents the right to buy or sell a
specified amount of an underlying investment
instrument such as a stock, bond, futures contract -
at a
specified price within a
specified time.
Financial futures are a contract agreeing to buy or sell a
specified amount of an underlying financial
instrument at a specific
price on a specific day in the future.
A futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a
specified amount of a specific financial
instrument (e.g., units of a stock index) for a
specified price, date, time and place designated
at the time the contract is made.
Options on futures are similar to options on underlying
instruments except that options on futures give the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put), rather than to purchase or sell the futures contract,
at a
specified exercise
price at any time during the period of the option.