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Identical options belong to one option series. ie type, underlying, strike price and expiration date are the same.

A financial derivative that represents a contract sold by one party (option writer) to another party (option holder). The contract offers the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) a security or other financial asset at an agreed-upon price (the strike price) during a certain period of time or on a specific date (exercise date). Call options give the option to buy at certain price, so the buyer would want the stock to go up. Put options give the option to sell at a certain price, so the buyer would want the stock to go down. Options are extremely versatile securities that can be used in many different ways. Traders use options to speculate, which is a relatively risky practice, while hedgers use options to reduce the risk of holding an asset.

There are two types of options: calls and puts; Buy options and sell options

Statement of intent by a customer to buy or sell securities. An order can be specified according to specific criteria: Composition of the order (single / combined) and treatment in the order book (period of validity of limit orders; execution restrictions of market orders).

In the central order book of a stock exchange (with the exception of market orders) are all orders stored, examined for their feasibility and finally carried out. Therefore, the current order book is visible at any time.

An order document contains the name of the owner. The transmission of the order papers takes place by means of endorsement and delivery.

specified order type

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Was translated around 2005 in the German financial language. Designation will for a deal in which loans are issued to an independent company and eventually sold to investors in tranches.

abbr. for over the counterindicates a non exchange traded deal,typical for OTC-contracts is that all contractspecifications (e.g. maturity, volume etc.) can be fixed individually by the participating parties.opposite: exchange traded contracts at which the contractspecifications are fixed by the stock market.

abbr. over-the-counter Market

abbr. out-of-the-money

A call is out of the money when the price of the underlying is below the strike price. A put is out of the money when the price of the underlying is above the strike price.

Securities or mutual funds whose performance exceeds the market performance.

v. OTC

A decentralized market, without a central physical location, where market participants trade with one another through various communication modes such as the telephone, email and proprietary electronic trading systems. An over-the-counter (OTC) market and an exchange market are the two basic ways of organizing financial markets. In an OTC market, dealers act as market makers by quoting prices at which they will buy and sell a security or currency. A trade can be executed between two participants in an OTC market without others being aware of the price at which the transaction was effected. In general, OTC markets are therefore less transparent than exchanges and are also subject to fewer regulations. It is typical for OTC transactions that all contract specifications (eg duration, volume, etc.) can be determined individually by the parties involved.

over the counter trading

indicates a period which starts on trading day and ends on the following bank dayexample: on Tuesday the 15.03. O/N indicates the period from 15.03. to 16.03.

An interest rate swap involving the overnight rate being exchanged for a fixed interest rate. This short-term swap is used in the money market. Unlike normal IRS the variable part is not paid at every fixing but at the end of the period with compound interest. Different OIS: EUR: EONIA Swap, USD: Fed Funds Swap, GBP: SONIA Swap, CHF: TOIS.

maximum extent of a risk position which a trader is permitted to hold from one day to the next day (overnight) opposite: intraday limit