My guess would be you are being offered options for
a specific strike price, so the share price on the day of acceptance should not matter (however, do check if there is any clause regarding that).
For example, if you expect stock XYZ to fall, you could buy a put at
a specific strike price with unlimited potential for profits.
This estimate is a key component to options pricing as it helps determine the probability that the security will reach
a specific strike price on or before the expiration date of an option.
Not exact matches
The firm's derivatives strategy team has concocted a trade known as a put spread: Buy a
specific number of S&P 500 contracts expiring in February with a
strike price of 2,525, while selling the same number of February puts with a
strike price of 2,400.
A futures contract is a contract between two people that involves buying or selling a
specific asset for a given
price today (called the
strike price), and paying for it at a later date (called the delivery date).
The buyer of one put option gains the right to offload 100 of their shares of a
specific company to whoever has sold them the put option (it is all handled through exchanges the way buying and selling stocks is) in the event that the share
price goes below a certain point (the
strike price).
«The
strike price will be a function of the
specific sectors targeted by each auction round,» said Brice Quesnel, a senior carbon finance specialist at the World Bank.
When you buy a put option, you're buying the right to sell someone a
specific security at a locked - in
strike price sometime in the future.
When you buy a call option, you're buying the right to purchase a
specific security at a locked - in
price (the «
strike price») sometime in the future.
I'm looking at a
specific (American - style) warrant of a company and let's say I see something like the following: Warrant Bid / Ask: 0.30 $ / 0.35 $
Strike Price: 15 $ Current stock price: 16 $ Expirati
Price: 15 $ Current stock
price: 16 $ Expirati
price: 16 $ Expiration...
The buyer of one put option gains the right to offload 100 of their shares of a
specific company to whoever has sold them the put option (it is all handled through exchanges the way buying and selling stocks is) in the event that the share
price goes below a certain point (the
strike price).
This should not be confused with the
strike price, which is the
price at which a
specific option contract can be exercised.
To protect yourself from a fall in CTC you can buy a put option (a derivative) on the company, which gives you the right to sell CTC at a
specific price (
strike price).
The call has a
specific date and a
strike price, 37 in our example.
The right to buy a
specific number of shares at a specified
price (the
strike price) by a fixed date.
The buyer of an option will acquire the right to be long or short a futures position at a particular
price called the
strike price, by a
specific date which is the expiration date.
The
specific price at which an underlying stock can be purchased or sold, by virtue of an option, is called the
strike price.
You'll see a variety of available
strike prices, but they will always be in
specific increments.
Conversely, a put option gives an investor the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying security at a specified
price (
strike) within a
specific time period, therefore a buyer of a put may exercise the put and benefit when the underlying security goes below the option
strike.
Stock options give you the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell shares at a set dollar amount — the «
strike price» — before a
specific expiration date.