The maximum number of option contracts that an investor can hold on one side of the market. Accordingly, long calls...

Generally speaking, it is the price at which a derivative contract can be exercised by the holder or the buyer....

The fixed price at which the underlying asset of an option contract may be bought or sold. For example, the...

It usually equals the position limit. However, by definition, it is the maximum number of option contracts that can be...

An option that can only be exercised on expiration date. An American option, in contrast, may be exercised at any...

A fraudulent practice that is usually undertaken by option-holding executives who manipulate the exercise of options to illegally maximize their...

A call or put option whereby the holder has the retroactive right to purchase (if a call) or sell (if...

A path-dependent option in which the payoff depends only on one event or piece of information. A good example is...

An American-style, non-standard option that neither expires nor has an exercise limit. Since it has an infinite time to maturity,...

A capped call (or specifically an automatic cash-out option) whose payoff is a specific maximum level and which will automatically...