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option
financial derivative conferring the right to to buy or sell a certain thing at a later date at an agreed price
warrant
security that entitles the holder to buy stock
binary option
financial exotic option with an all-or-nothing payoff
Black–Scholes model
mathematical model of a financial market with options
call option
financial instrument
put option
financial instrument
employee stock option
complex call option on the common stock of a company, granted by the company to an employee
strike price
pre-arranged price at which the owner of the option has the right to buy/sell the underlying security
Greeks
model parameters in mathematical finance
exotic option
derivative which has features making it more complex than commonly traded products
Binomial options pricing model
numerical method for the valuation of financial options
put–call parity
in financial mathematics, defines a relationship between the price of a European call option and a European put option
Swaption
A swaption (a portmanteau of "swap" and "option") is an option granting its owner the right but not the obligation to enter into an underlying swap on specified terms at a future date. In practice the term is most commonly used for options on interest rate swaps, where the holder has the right to enter into a fixed-for-floating interest rate swap.

straddle
In finance, a straddle strategy involves two transactions in options on the same underlying, with opposite positions. One holds long risk, the other short. As a result, it involves the purchase or sale of particular option derivatives that allow the holder to profit based on how much the price of the underlying security moves, regardless of the direction of price movement.
Asian option
type of option contract in finance
Black model
Financial model
Real options valuation
Capital budgeting analysis term
moneyness
In finance, moneyness is the relative position of the current price (or future price) of an underlying asset (e.g., a stock) with respect to the strike price of a derivative, most commonly a call option or a put option. Moneyness is firstly a three-fold classification:
If the derivative would have positive intrinsic value if it were to expire today, it is said to be in the money (ITM);
If the derivative would be worthless if expiring with the underlying at its current price, it is said to be out of the money (OTM);
And if the current underlying price and strike price are equal, the derivat
valuation of options
in finance, a price (premium) is paid or received for purchasing or selling options
collar
stock options trading strategy
options trading strategy
trading strategy using options
expiration
in options contracts
Callable bond
Type of financial instrument
barrier option
type of option contract in finance
butterfly
type of stock options trading strategy

Foreign-exchange option
derivative financial instrument
bull spread
type of stock options trading strategy; bullish vertical spread options trading strategy
plain vanilla
Expression and metaphor
strangle
type of stock options trading strategy
bear spread
stock options trading strategy
Phantom stock
contractual agreement
Volatility smile
implied volatility patterns that arise in pricing financial options