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Options Contract

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Options Contract
One options contract represents one hundred shares in the underlying stock. The quoted price of an option is per share.

Notes:
The quoted price of a stock option must be multiplied by 100 to get the cost per contract.

See also: Call, LEAPS, Option, Put

Options contract
A contract that, in exchange for the option price, gives the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (or sell) a financial asset at the exercise price from (or to) the option seller within a specified time period, or on a specified date (expiration date).


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