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Put
An option giving the holder the right to sell a given stock (usually in lots of 100 shares) at a given price by a given date. For instance, you might buy a put that gives you the right to sell 100 shares of XYZ Corp. at $40 each by June 30.

 


Put/call ratio (or put-call ratio, PCR) is a technical indicator demonstrating investors' sentiment.[1] The ratio represents a proportion between all the put options and all the call options purchased on any given day.

Put Option
An option that gives the owner of the contract the authority to sell, to the writer of the contract, a predetermined amount of a security for a fixed period of time and for a predetermined price.

Put Time Spread
Components
Short one front month put option and long one far month put option. (i.e. the option you sell is to be closer to expiry than the option you are buying).

Put Trading
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Put Options
There are two different types of options contracts: call options and put options. Each is an investment strategy that reflects a vastly different approach.

Put-Call Ratio: The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator
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Put Option
A put option is a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of the option.

Put Debit Spread
(Bearish)
Put debit spread - maximum gain is the difference in strike prices less net debit.

Put options are used to take advantage of falling stocks. This option allows you to make money when stocks go down.

Definition
Put option
An option contract that provides the option holder the right, but not the obligation to sell (or put) an optioned asset to the option writer at the strike price within a given period of time.
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So if you want to protect a stock you own, you can buy a put option. But in today's volatile market, it will cost you even more than usual -- about $3,000 to $4,000 to insure the typical $20,000 stock position from now through January 2010.

Put Option
A holder of a put option has the right to sell (go short) a futures contract at a specific price on or before the expiration date.

Put Option
An option where the buyer gets the right to sell the underlying security at a specified future date at a specified price.

A put option position in which the option writer also is Short the corresponding Stock or has deposited, in a Cash account, cash or cash equivalents equal to the Exercise of the option.

A put or Call that can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. Most listed Stock options, including those On European exchanges, are American-style options.

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covered put investment & finance definition
A short put option that gives the buyer the right to sell the underlying security to the put writer at a pre-determined price.

Buying Put Options
Whereas a call option conveys the right to purchase (go long) a particular futures contract at a specified price, a put option conveys the right to sell (go short) a particular futures contract at a specified price.

Uses of Put/Call Parity
Can I take advantage of the put/call parity rules?

Put option premiums are always quoted per stock, but sold in lots of 100 shares minimum. Put options are always an agreement about being able to sell the stock at the agreed upon price. Put options come in both European style and American style.

Put/Call Ratio
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When put volume becomes excessive in relation to call volume, it is an indication of excessive bearishness in the market, which is usually bullish.

Put Option
A put option confers the right but not the obligation to sell currencies, instruments or futures at the option exercise price within a predetermined time period.
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Put Option
Puts are options giving the right to sell the underlying stock or futures contract at the strike price.
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Call/Put Ratio
This indicator is calculated by dividing the daily or weekly volume of call options by the daily or weekly volume of put options. Big call volume appears at market tops and big put volume at bottoms.

Call and put synthetics involve buying a call and selling a put at the same strike price, or vice versa. A long synthetic is a bullish strategy and involves buying a call and selling a put.

Without the Put options insurance, you must sell GT at a value of $12.54 on May 31 (figure 10.21).
Figure 10.21: Price drops below the stop loss.

Naked Put A put option on a stock written by a person who does not currently have enough money to cover the exercise of the option.

Put-Call Ratio
The Put-Call Ratio shows the ratio of trading volume in put options versus call options and is used to measure the mood of market participants. See also: Sentiment Indicators
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Put Options
When an investor purchases a put option, they are purchasing the right to sell 100 shares of the stock, at a specific price, on or before the option's expiration date.

Put-call-forward exchange parity (PCFP) theory. A relationship between a call option and a put option established through the forward market.

Put-Call Parity
A principle referring to the static price relationship, given a stock's price, between the prices of European put and call options of the same class (i.e. same underlying, strike price and expiration date).

Put options - The buyer of the this type of option has the right to sell a stock, by the expiration date, for a certain price or otherwise called the strike price. The buyer pays a fee (called a premium) for this right.

Put Provision
A bond may have a put provision, which gives an investor the option to sell the bond to an issuer at a specified price and date prior to maturity.

Put Option - a type of option that gives the option buyer the right to sell the underlying futures contract at a particular price on or before a particular date.
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Put you on their "Do Not Call" list, if you ask. Every securities firm must keep a "do not call" list. If you want to stop sales calls from that firm, tell the caller to put your name and telephone number on the firm's "do not call" list.

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Put/Call Ratio - Calculated by dividing the number of put options traded by the number of call options traded for a particular asset, the put/call ratio offers Explanation into expectations of the options market.

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Put Option
The right to sell stock at an agreed price at or before a stated future time. Contrast this will call options.
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PUT OPTION An option contract that gives the holder the right to sell (or "put"), and places upon the writer the obligation to purchase, ...

Put: an option contract granting the purchaser the right to sell the underlying instruments at the agreed strike price. A put obliges the seller to purchase the underlying instrument at the agreed strike price, if the option is assigned to him.

Put Option: The right to sell a stock or commodity future at a given price before a given date. The owner of the put option is speculating that the price of the stock will go down and is therefore bearish.

Put - covered warrant
A covered warrant that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying at a future date and specified price.
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Put - A put option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell a specific currency pair at a pre-agreed price. The opposite of a put is a call.

Put
An option contract that gives the holder the right to sell a stated number of shares of the underlying security at a specified strike price to the writer of the put, up to the expiration date.
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Put Option
An agreement that gives the buyer the right to redeem a specific quantity of a particular bond by a specific date prior to maturity. The option is not obligatory and is traded during its life.
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Put Option - The right but not the obligation to sell an underlying security at a particular price (strike price) on or before the expiration date of the contract.

Put (Option): A type of option. A put option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to sell a stated number of shares of a security at a stated price on or before a specified date. (Also used for bonds & futures contracts).

Put Option A contract that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to sell a specified amount of an underlying asset/security at a specified price (strike price) on or before a stated date. See also Option (American and European).

Put Option
A put option gives the owner the right but not the obligation to sell a security at a predetermined price within a specific time. A put option is sold for leverage or for limiting your risk.
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Put: An option that gives the owner the right to sell a commodity or a financial security on a specified date in the future.
Rally: An advancing price movement following a decline in a market.

Put Option:
An option that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell a currency at a specified price during a fixed time period or on a specified date in the future.
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Put Option
A contract to sell a specified amount of a stock or commodity at an agreed time at the stated exercise price.

Put Option Option to sell an asset at a specified excise price on or before a specified exercise date. Also see call option.
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Put/call volume ratio
The volume of trading in puts (options to sell) divided by the total calls (options to buy) for a security or an index.
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put: See options.
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quote: The highest bid to buy and the lowest offer to sell a security in a given market at a given time.

Put Option
Allows the sale of 100 company shares at a preset price.
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