Options plays.(understanding puts and calls)(Brief Article)Korn, Donald Jay
The following puts and calls were initiated: Total put open interest/ Total call open interest = PCR = 1300/1700= 0.7647 Because the result is less than one, it indicates that investors are purchasing more call options than put options. It also represents that investors anticipate a bullish tr...
You can trade options via an online brokerage account, but before you start, you’ll want to form a solid knowledge base. You can start by getting familiar with the different types of options you can trade. The two basic categories of options are calls and puts. What is buying a put?
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well above market value of $22.50. This option then has $2.50 of intrinsic value.The moneyness of in-the-money and out-of-the-money strikes is inversely related for calls and puts. A reliable way to determine the moneyness of an option is to ask this question: If I am the holder of...
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Outright calls and puts are fairly straight forward to understand when it comes to payoff and P&L. However, payoff charts become very useful when looking at combinations of options i.e. when more than one leg is in the strategy. Take an option straddle for example. A straddle is a combin...
A straddle strategy is accomplished by holding an equal number of puts and calls with the same strike price and expiration dates to your advantage.