Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Basics of Option Trading



An option is a contract that gives the owners the right, but not the compulsion to buy or sell a particular asset before its specific date. An option is just an security aspect which includes stock and bonds. Its an agreed contract with certain terms and condition mentioned in it.


Still Not clear?? Just look at these example, You want to purchase a expensive new house but you don’t have sufficient money to purchase it for another two months, now you contact the dealer to provide an option to buy that house in two months for a price of $200,000, the dealer will agree and now for this option you have to pay $3000.People who purchase an option are called holders and those who sold option are called writers.

Now option trading can be done in two ways

1 Call Option - A call gives an authority to holder to buy assets with certain price during a particular period of time with the hope of increase in price of the stock before option expires. Trading in Calls has long term position.


2 Put Option - Put gives the right to sell an asset with certain price during a fixed period of time, puts can hold the stock position for short position

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