#options
21 words tagged “options”
Dumping your entire account into one position. You only live once.
The last hour of trading on options-expiry days, when prices go feral.
Options expiring the same day — maximum-risk lottery tickets.
Implied volatility — the market's expected size of future price swings.
Options that profit when a stock's price goes down.
Mature content — open to view.
In the money — an option that already has intrinsic value.
A romantic option kept in reserve for later.
Quarterly Friday when stock options, index options and index futures all expire together.
Slow steady erosion of P&L, premium or capital.
The price at which an option can be exercised.
A sudden explosion in implied volatility.
A sharp drop in an option's value after a big anticipated event passes.
Options sellers who farm time decay instead of betting on direction.
Being obligated to fulfill an option contract you sold.
The option Greek for sensitivity to implied volatility.
The daily erosion of an option's value as expiration approaches.
The risk metrics (delta, gamma, theta, vega) that price options.
A rally fueled by dealers hedging their call-option exposure.
Options that profit when a stock's price goes up.
Out of the money — an option with no intrinsic value yet.