The strike price of a stock option, is a fixed price at which the owner of the stock can either buy or sell at. The strike price is a key variable in a derivatives contract between two people.
The strike price is the heart of the futures market. If you are dealing in puts, the strike price is the price below which the option exercises. If I sell a put on Acme at $10, I can be required to buy the security if it falls to $9.95. In calls, if the share price goes above the strike price the option exercises--if I sell a call on Acme at $10, the option executes if the share price hits $10.05.
I think it's the same
Nothing. Once you enter into a put contract, the strike price remains the same. If the stock price goes over the strike price and stays there until expiration, you just let the put expire.
If the spot price of the stock exceeds the "strike price" in the call option, the option is in-the-money and you can exercise it. But if you have a choice, wait to exercise it until the stock's spot price exceeds the strike price enough to cover the premium. Example: the strike price is $40 and the premium was $2. In order to make money on this option, the stock price needs to be over $42--enough to pay for the stock and replace the money you spent buying the option.
The strike price of an option does not change - strike price is fixed for the duration of the option. The price of the option will move based on the following: * Price of underlying asset (moves with - asset price goes up, option price goes up) * Time left to expiration (moves with - time left goes down, option price goes down) * Volatility of underlying asset (moves with - volatility goes up, option price goes up) * Risk free rate (moves with - risk free rate goes up, option price goes up)
For a call option, the option price is convex and decreasing with increasing strike price, assuming a fixed maturity and same underlying price.
An in-the-money option is one that makes financial sense to exercise. In-the-money puts are ones where the security's open-market price is lower than the option's strike price. In-the-money calls are ones where the security's open-market price is higher than the option's strike price.
From Investopedia.com:What Does Strike Price Mean? The price at which a specific derivative contract can be exercised. Strike prices is mostly used to describe stock and index options, in which strike prices are fixed in the contract. For call options, the strike price is where the security can be bought (up to the expiration date), while for put options the strike price is the price at which shares can be sold.The difference between the underlying security's current market price and the option's strike price represents the amount of profit per share gained upon the exercise or the sale of the option. This is true for options that are in the money; the maximum amount that can be lost is the premium paid.Also known as the "exercise price".What Does Call Mean?1. The period of time between the opening and closing of some future markets wherein the prices are established through an auction process.2. An option contract giving the owner the right (but not the obligation) to buy a specified amount of an underlying security at a specified price within a specified time.What Does Put Mean? An option contract giving the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell a specified amount of an underlying asset at a set price within a specified time. The buyer of a put option estimates that the underlying asset will drop below the exercise price before the expiration date.
What you should really consider is the price of the stock in relation to the strike price. If the price of the stock is now way above $16, for example, the underlying stock is $50 now, then exercising the options for the stocks would be more profitable. Otherwise, simply selling the options would be more profitable. The moneyness of the options matter more in this case.
Yes, and it's massive. If you buy a call, the option exercises if the stock price is higher than the strike price. If this happens, you resell the stock and keep the profit. If you sell a put, the option exercises if the stock price is below the strike price. If this happens, you bury the stock in the back yard until the price goes back up.
A neutral option strategy combining bull and bear spreads. Butterfly spreads use four option contracts with the same expiration but three different strike prices to create a range of prices the strategy can profit from. The trader sells two option contracts at the middle strike price and buys one option contract at a lower strike price and one option contract at a higher strike price. Both puts and calls can be used for a butterfly spread.