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Options Glossary
P - S

A-Z or A-C | D-L | M-O | P-S | T-Z

Put option - An option contract that gives its owner the right but not the obligation to sell the underlying assets at the strike price for a specified time.

Put Call Ratio - The Ratio of the volume of put options traded to the volume of Call options traded, which is used as an indicator of Investor sentiment (bullish or bearish).

Put-call parity relationship - The relationship between the price of a put and the price of a Call on the same Underlying security with the same Expiration date, which prevents Arbitrage opportunities. Holding the underlying Stock and buying a put will Deliver the exact payoff as buying one call and investing the Present value (PV) of the Exercise price. The call value equals C = S + P - PV(k).

Short - One who has sold a Contract to establish a Market position and who has not yet Closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position.

Stock index option - An option in which the Underlying is a Common stock index.

Stock option - An option whose underlying Asset is the Common stock of a corporation.

Strike index - For a Stock index option, the index value at which the buyer of the option can Buy or Sell the Underlying stock index. The Strike index is converted to a dollar value by multiplying by the option's Contract multiple.

Striking price - The price at which an option can be exercised.

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