Category: Business
Created by: zzcgood
Number of Blossarys: 7
Option contracts that have little or no outside interest and are thus unable to be sold for cash at the prevailing market price. This usually occurs when an option is far away from its expiration ...
A certificate which guarantees that the securities underlying an option contract are on deposit and will be delivered in the event that the option is exercised. An escrow receipt is issued by the ...
An option in which the underlier is the common stock of a corporation, giving the holder the right to buy or sell its stock, at a specified price, by a specific date. also called stock option.
The situation that arises when a security is registered for trading on more than one exchange. Dual listings can lead to increased liquidity for the issue. Some securities listed on one exchange may ...
Method of option pricing that assumes the value of an asset increases and decreases by fixed proportions at a predictable schedule. Possible values of the asset can be predicted starting at the ...
Definitions (2) 1. A group of several securities created for the purpose of simultaneous buying and selling. Baskets often play a role in index arbitrage, program trading and hedging. 2. A ...
A type of exotic option that provides a payoff if the value of the underlying reaches or does not reach a predetermined price or "barrier level". Barrier options are characterized as "knock in" if ...
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