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Call Option An agreement that gives an investor the right (but not the obligation) to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other instrument at a specified price within a specific time period. Notes: It may help you to remember that a call option gives you the right to "call in" (buy) an asset. You profit on a call when the underlying asset increases in price.Call option An option contract that gives its holder the right (but not the obligation) to purchase a specified number of shares of the underlying stock at the given strike price, on or before the expiration date of the contract.
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If this was a market "head fake," hedgers should be ready to reown a portion of 2006-crop sales in long call options. Focus on buying $7 August or November 2005 call options, spending up to 30 cents," he advises. Selling covered equity call options is probably most appropriate for investors who can and will sell their stock at the option's strike price and who want the opportunity to enhance their income from a stock position. |
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