Call Option

November 1, 2008

What are option trades? (Call option & Put Option)?

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Akshat K asked:


I have been reading a few things online but they dont make sense. Can someone please explain everything about option trades to me?

Call option and Put option in specific.

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October 24, 2008

What’s the difference between buying to open and selling to open when trading stock options?

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ZchDnlp asked:


For a call option and for a put option.

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October 3, 2008

Option delta

bionicturtledotcom posted video:


Delta is one of the option Greeks. It gives the sensitivity of the call option value to changes in stock price. In this example, a delta of 0.61 implies we can hedge a long position in 61 shares by writing (i.e., taking a short position in 100 call options. But note delta is a linear approximation; the hedge requires frequent rebalancing.

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