Management and Organizational Studies 1023A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Option Style, Call Option

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1023A/B
• Professor: Maria Ferraro

Document Summary

Financial derivative securities: derive all or part of their value from another. Options are created by investors, sold to other investors. Call: buyer has the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a fixed quantity from the seller at a fixed price up to a certain date. Put: buyer has the right, but not the obligation, to sell a fixed quantity to the seller at a fixed price up to a certain date. Exercise (strike) price: the per-share price at which the common stock may be purchased or sold. Expiration date: last date at which an option can be exercised. Option premium: the price paid by the option buyer to the writer of the option, whether put or call. Call buyer expects the price of the underlying security to increase. Call seller expects the price of the underlying security to decrease or stay the same. Put buyer expects the price of the underlying security to decrease.