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What does “Buy to Close” Mean?

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Keywords: expiration date, covering a short, short, open interest, sell to close, buy to close, writing options, selling to open, buying to open,

What is a Calendar Spread?

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Keywords: implied volatility, calls, puts, debit spread, writing options, underlying, horizontal spread, calendar spread, legs of a spread, front month, back month, diagonal spread,

What is a covered straddle?

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Keywords: volatility, portfolio management, neutral strategy, calls, puts, options, short, writing options, long, option premium,

What is a naked put?

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Keywords: portfolio management, liquidity, short selling, options, writing options, naked call, assignment, short put, covered put,

What is a Breakeven Price?

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Keywords: spread, options, writing options, net debit, breakeven price, premium,

What is a put option?

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Keywords: portfolio management, hedging, stop-loss, calls, puts, options, stop-limit, writing puts,

What is an option?

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Keywords: derivatives, expiration date, in the money, Out of The Money (OTM), calls, puts, options, underlying,

What is a covered call?

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Keywords: portfolio management, large cap, options, income strategies, dividend stocks, conservative strategies, upside potential,

What is a call option?

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Keywords: portfolio management, derivatives, in the money, Out of The Money (OTM), calls, puts, options, intrinsic value,

What are option strategies?

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Keywords: portfolio management, spread, derivatives, straddle, options,

What is a naked call?

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Keywords: portfolio management, covering a short, options, open interest, buy to close, buy to cover, naked call, breakeven price, brokerage firm rules, unlimited risk, unlimited loss,

How are option prices computed?

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Keywords: volatility, portfolio management, implied volatility, strike price, options, time decay, binomial trees, Black-Scholes,

What are the basics of options?

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Keywords: long position, strike price, short position, calls, puts, options, open interest, open position, closed position, option chain,

What is a short position in options trading?

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Keywords: hedging, margin, shorting, long and short positions, options,

What is an Abandonment Option?

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Keywords: appraisal, arbitration, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), liquidation value, abandonment value, appraised value, abandonment option,

Should I use options in my portfolio?

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Keywords: portfolio management, alternative investments, investment advisors, derivatives, calls, puts, options,

What is an 'expiration date' in reference to option trading?

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Keywords: trading, derivatives, Futures, expiry, expiration date, options, holidays,

What is a "spread"?

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Keywords: bid and ask prices, corporate bonds, debt instruments, credit spread, options, spreads, active trading,

What does 'call option' mean?

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Keywords: stocks, risk, security, call option,

What does it mean to 'exercise an option?'

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Keywords: risk, call option, put option,

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