One of the basic concepts of trading options is the “strike price” of the option. For call options, the strike price is the price at which you have the right to buy the asset before expiration, and for put options the strike price represents the price at which you have the right to sell the asset at expiration. As the … Read More
Beginner’s Guide to Call Options: How They Work and What Happens after You Buy
What is a call option? A single call stock option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation (except at expiration) to purchase 100 shares of the underlying stock for a set price (the strike price). Some options can’t be settled with the purchase of the underlying like an index (you can’t buy an index!), in which case the … Read More