Outright Option
Definition of 'Outright Option'An option that is bought or sold by itself; in other words, the option position is not hedged by another offsetting position. An outright option can be either a call or a put. |
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Investopedia explains 'Outright Option'Most option trades involve outright options. The opposite strategy to purchasing outright options is a spread trade strategy, which involves purchasing one option and selling another option of the same class but of a different series. |
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Alligator Spread
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Atlantic Spread
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Back Fee
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Backspread
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Bailard, Biehl And Kaiser Five-Way Model
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Bear Call Spread
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Bear Put Spread
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Bear Spread
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Bear Straddle
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Box Spread
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Bull Call Spread
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Bull Put Spread
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Bull Spread
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Bullet Trade
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Butterfly Spread
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Buy A Spread
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Calendar Spread
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Call Ratio Backspread
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Collar
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Collar Agreement
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Condor Spread
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Contingent Order
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Conversion Arbitrage
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Covered Call
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Covered Combination
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Covered Straddle
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Credit Spread
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Death Put
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Debit Spread
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Delta Hedging
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Delta Neutral
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Delta Spread
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Diagonal Spread
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Dividend Arbitrage
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Double One-Touch Option
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Fence (Options)
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Fiduciary Call
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Fixed Dollar Value Collar
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FMAN
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Forex Hedge
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Forex Option & Currency Trading Options
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Front Fee
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Gut Spread
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Heston Model
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Horizontal Spread
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Implied Volatility - IV
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Interest Rate Collar
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Iron Butterfly
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Iron Condor
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Leg
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Leg Out
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Long Jelly Roll
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Long Leg
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Long Put
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Long Straddle
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Married Put
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Modidor
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Multi Index Option
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Multi-Leg Options Order
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Naked Call
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Naked Option
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Naked Position
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Naked Put
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Negative Butterfly
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Net Option Premium
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Neutral
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Option Premium
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Outright Option
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Overwrite
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Overwriting
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Positive Butterfly
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Protective Put
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Put Calendar
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Put On A Call
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Put On A Put
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Put Ratio Backspread
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Put To Seller
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Ratio Call Write
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Ratio Spread
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Reverse Calendar Spread
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Reverse Conversion
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Risk Reversal
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Roll Down
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Roll Forward
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Roll Up
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Seagull Option
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Sell To Open
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Series 4
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Short Leg
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Short Straddle
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Straddle
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Strangle
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Swing Option
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Synthetic Dividend
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Variable Ratio Write
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VIX Option
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Writing An Option
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Zero Cost Collar
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Zomma
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