A Put Option Is the Right to Buy 100 Shares

question 29

True/False

A put option is the right to buy 100 shares of stock at a guaranteed price before a specified expiration date.

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Definitions:

European Call Option

A financial contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy an underlying asset at a set price on a specific expiration date, only exercisable at the end of its term.

Expiration Date

The specific date upon which an options or futures contract becomes void and the holder must execute or relinquish the contract.

Exercise Price

The specified price at which the holder of an option can buy (call) or sell (put) the underlying asset.

Stock Splits

A corporate action that increases the number of a company's outstanding shares by dividing each share, which typically reduces its share price but does not affect the company's overall market capitalization.