European Style Option

European Style Option
An option which can only be exercised by the holder at expiry (unlike American style options which can be exercised at any time until expiry).
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European style option
An option that can only be exercised on its expiry date.
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European Style Option
Can only be used at the point of expiration
Probably the main advantage of traditional call/put option over its counterpart is the fact that it requires lower premium.

European Style Options
An option contract that can only be exercised on the expiration date. (see American Style Options)
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It gives the buyer the right to exercise the option only on the expiry date.
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European Style Option - An option contract that can be exercised only at the expiration date. See also American Style Options.

European Style Option
A listed option that you can exercise only on the last trading day before the expiration date is called a European-style option whether it trades on a U.S. exchange, a European exchange, or elsewhere in the world.

Further, European style option, a classification of options trading, limits its traders to exercising the option following the expiration time frame as it does not provide secondary markets.

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contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a set amount of stock (usually 100 shares) at a predetermined price anytime before the contract expires (American Style option) or at expiration only (European Style Option).

A formula to calculate the value of European style options. The formula was introduced in 1973 by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes.

European Exercise - A feature of an option that stipulates that the option may only be exercised at its expiration. Therefore, there can be no early assignment with this type of option. Read The Tutorial On European Style Options.

This contrasts with American and European style options which pay off based on a prices as at a single date relative to the strike price.

See also: Style, Option, Options, Market, Exercise