A call option allows its purchaser to buy ("call in") stocks at a certain price on a certain date--say, 100 shares of Walmart for $50 on November 1. A put option allows its purchaser to sell ("put")...
Call options are contracts that allows you to buy a stock at a fixed price no matter what price it is in the future. You usually buy call options if you think a stock is going to go up because you...
A put option is an option in which the buyer has the right but is not required to sell a security to the writer of the contract at the strike price during a certain time period. If the buyer...
Stock options give the right, but not the requirement, to buy or sell shares at a certain price on a certain date. A put option gives its buyer the right to sell, or put, a stock to the put seller. A...