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Canadian companies urged to end stock option rewards
Canada.com  May 22  Comment 
With Europe’s fragile economic outlook and signs of investor discontent beginning to spread, an influential group including representatives of Canada’s business, regulatory and academic circles is calling for an end to the popular practice of...
Terra Nova Minerals announces approval of acquisition, resignation of Director and grant of stock options
OilVoice  May 17  Comment 
Terra Nova Minerals Inc. TSX VENTURETGC is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has issued its final approval in respect of the previously announced acquisition by Terra Nova of a 55
How To Trade Stock Options Like A Pro
  May 10  Comment 
There are many aspects to trading options and it can be extremely confusing for someone starting out. Just understanding the option terminology is difficult. Remember, a put option is the right to sell the stock at the strike price, and a call...
Edwards Lifesciences' Chairman and CEO to Exercise Stock Options Under 10b5-1 Stock Trading Plan
Benzinga  May 7  Comment 
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW) today announced that in May 2012, its chairman and chief executive officer, Michael A. Mussallem, will begin exercising stock options that are near expiration under a pre-arranged stock trading plan...
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The Economic Times  May 4  Comment 
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Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. Issues Stock Options
Cloud Computing  Apr 20  Comment 
Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. ("Peak" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:PKK) announces that its Board of Directors has granted 2,490,000 stock options, at an exercise price of $0.10 each, to directors, officers and certain employees and...
OptionEase Announces Strategic Alliance with Stock & Option Solutions, Inc.
Cloud Computing  Apr 18  Comment 
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Cordy Oilfield Services Inc. announces grant of stock options
OilVoice  Mar 23  Comment 
Cordy Oilfield Services announce that subject to regulatory approval it has granted a total of 4335000 options to purchase common shares of the Corporation to directors officers consultants and
Why Is Silicon Valley So Clueless About Stock Options?
Forbes  Mar 22  Comment 
Guest post written by Bill Harris Bill Harris, former CEO of PayPal and Intuit, is now CEO of Personal Capital, a financial advisory firm. Bill Harris: We need other options. There’s a fissure that runs through Silicon Valley – and I don't...
Legend gold grants incentive stock options
Commodity Online  Mar 3  Comment 
Legend Gold Corp. (TSX-V: LGN.V) reports that the company granted incentive stock options to the director, an officer and a consultant of the company which will allow them to purchase an aggregate 440,000 shares in the company, the options are...




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Stock Options - Definition

Options contracts with stocks as the underlying asset. Options contracts are securities that grants the buyer the power but not the obligation to buy or sell the underlying asset at an agreed price.

Stock Options - Types

There are 2 types of stock options; Call Options and Put Options. Call options allows the buyer of the option to buy the stocks from the seller at the agreed price anytime before expiration and Put options allows the buyer of the option to sell the stocks to the seller of the option at the agreed price anytime before expiration.

Stock Options - Laymen Terms

When you buy or own a stock option, you own the rights to make the seller of the option perform the contract whenever you want to, only when you want to. Hence the term "no obligation". When you buy a call option, you can demand the seller to sell you the stocks at the agreed price even if the stock is actually at a much higher price. When you buy a put option, you can demand the seller to buy your stocks at the agreed price even if the stock is much lower.

see also http://options-team.com Chicago Board Options Exchange Stock Options --Jasonnoguchi 20:16, September 10, 2008 (PDT)

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