|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 24549 financial terms |
 |
Put
|
|
PutAn option granting the right to sell the underlying futures contract.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Option
The right but not the obligation to buy or sell a fixed quantity of a commodity, currency or security at a fixed price on or until a particular date.
Right
Privilege granted shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public.
Underlying
1) In derivatives, the security that must be delivered when a derivative contract, such as a put or call option, is exercised. 2) In equities, the common stock that must be delivered when a warrant is exercised, or when a convertible bond or convertible preferred share is converted to common stock.
Futures
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.
Contract
A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Pure play
A company involved in only one line of business.
Pure yield pickup swap
Moving to higher yield-bonds.
Purpose credit
Credit used for the purpose of buying, carrying or trading in securities.
Purpose loan
A loan that is backed by securities and that is used to buy other securities under certain government regulations.
Purpose statement
A form filed by a borrower that describes the use of a loan backed by securities, and guarantees that the funds lent will not be used illegally to buy securities against Federal Reserve regulations.
Put
Put an option
To exercise a put option.
Put bond
A bond that the holder may choose either to exchange for par value at some date or to extend for a given number of years.
Put call parity
Applies to derivative products. Option pricing principle that says, given a stock's price, a put and call of the same class must have a static price relationship because arbitrage opportunities or activities will always reestablish such a relationship.
Put call parity relationship
The relationship between the price of a put and the price of a call on the same underlying security with the same expiration date, which prevents arbitrage opportunities.
Put call ratio
The ratio of the volume of put options traded to the volume of call options traded, which is used as an indicator of investor sentiment (bullish or bearish).
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Option
The right but not the obligation to buy or sell a fixed quantity of a commodity, currency or security at a fixed price on or until a particular date.
Right
Privilege granted shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public.
Underlying
1) In derivatives, the security that must be delivered when a derivative contract, such as a put or call option, is exercised. 2) In equities, the common stock that must be delivered when a warrant is exercised, or when a convertible bond or convertible preferred share is converted to common stock.
Futures
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.
Contract
A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Pure play
A company involved in only one line of business.
Pure yield pickup swap
Moving to higher yield-bonds.
Purpose credit
Credit used for the purpose of buying, carrying or trading in securities.
Purpose loan
A loan that is backed by securities and that is used to buy other securities under certain government regulations.
Purpose statement
A form filed by a borrower that describes the use of a loan backed by securities, and guarantees that the funds lent will not be used illegally to buy securities against Federal Reserve regulations.
Put
Put an option
To exercise a put option.
Put bond
A bond that the holder may choose either to exchange for par value at some date or to extend for a given number of years.
Put call parity
Applies to derivative products. Option pricing principle that says, given a stock's price, a put and call of the same class must have a static price relationship because arbitrage opportunities or activities will always reestablish such a relationship.
Put call parity relationship
The relationship between the price of a put and the price of a call on the same underlying security with the same expiration date, which prevents arbitrage opportunities.
Put call ratio
The ratio of the volume of put options traded to the volume of call options traded, which is used as an indicator of investor sentiment (bullish or bearish).
We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Put. If you have a better definition for Put than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Put may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Put and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 24549 terms.
|
|