Naked Option
A naked option is an option contract that creates potentially significant exposure because the option writer does not have an offsetting position.
Naked option strategies
An unhedged strategy making exclusive use of one of the following: long call strategy (buying call options ), short call strategy (selling or writing call options), long put strategy (buying put options ), ...
naked option
option for which the buyer or seller has no underlying security position. A writer of a naked call option , therefore, does not own a long position in the stock on which the call has been written.
naked option
When the seller of an option does not have the corresponding position in the underlying security.
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Naked option
When you write, or sell, a call option but don't own the underlying instrument, such as a stock in the case of an equity option, the option is described as naked.
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An option writer who does not have an offsetting position in the underling security is said to be "naked".
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Naked Option
The sale of a call or put option without holding an offsetting position in the underlying commodity.
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Naked option. Call or put options that are written (sold) by an investor that does not hold a position that would offset a loss if the option price moves against them.
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Naked Option
Industry lingo for call or put options that are written and not covered or have another position that will limit their liability.
Naked Option - Is an open option position which is not covered or hedged. Frequently, it is used in the context of a sold option position.
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Naked Option - An option position that is not offset by an equal and opposite position in the underlying security.
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Uncovered put
A short put option position in which the writer does not have a corresponding short stock position or has not deposited, in a cash account, cash or cash equivalents equal to the exercise value of the put.
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Writing puts to acquire stock
Selling a put option at an exercise price that would represent a good investment by an option writer who believes a stock's value will fall, so that the writer cannot lose.
naked options Options sold on securities that are not owned by the brokerage client. Also called uncovered options.
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naked option See uncovered option. naked position The holding of unhedged securities against market risk. naked put A short put option position, where the writer does not have the corresponding...
Uncovered options See: Naked options Uncovered put A short put option position in which the writer does not have a corresponding short stock position or has not deposited, in a cash account, ...
Hedge Fund - Private investment fund organized to pursue an investment strategy involving uniquely risky investments such as short selling and naked options writing - a 'hedge fund'.
Antithesis of naked option. Covered position Use of an option in a trading strategy in the underlying asset is already owned.
An uncovered option, also known as a naked option, is an option you sell, giving the buyer the right to buy the underlying investment from you at a specific strike price.
Uncovered Options
Selling a call option to open in which the seller does not own the underlying security position. Also called naked options.
Option position that is offset by an equal and opposite position in the underlying security. Antithesis of naked option.
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Applies to derivative products. Option position that is offset by an equal and opposite position in the underlying security. Antithesis of naked option.
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Covered option
Option position that is offset by an equal and opposite position in the underlying security. Antithesis of naked option.
Covered position
Use of an option in a trading strategy in the underlying asset which is already owned.
Antithesis of naked option. Coverage initiated Usually refers to the fact that analysts begin following a particular security. This usually happens when a security become sufficiently large to warrant attention by the investment community.
 See also: Covered Call, Values, Yield curve, Banks, Spot rate
  
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