to call in shares
31call option — / kɔ:l ˌɒpʃən/ noun an option to buy shares at a future date and at a specific price (NOTE: The opposite, an option to sell, is a put option.) …
32Covered call — Payoffs and profits from buying stock and writing a call. A covered call is a financial market transaction in which the seller of call options owns the corresponding amount of the underlying instrument, such as shares of a stock or other… …
33Naked call — A naked call occurs when a speculator writes (sells) a call option on a security without ownership of that security. It is one of the riskiest options strategies because it carries unlimited risk as opposed to a naked put where the maximum loss… …
34Ratio Call Write — An option strategy in which an investor owns shares in the underlying stock and writes more at the money call options than the amount of underlying shares owned. The goal of a ratio call write is to capture the premiums received by the option… …
35Put–call parity — In financial mathematics, put call parity defines a relationship between the price of a call option and a put option both with the identical strike price and expiry. To derive the put call parity relationship, the assumption is that the options… …
36Earnings call — Earnings Calls are a teleconference in which a public company discusses the financial results of a reporting period. The name comes from the bottom line numbers in the income statement earnings per share. The U.S. based National Investor… …
37Bull Call Spread — An options strategy that involves purchasing call options at a specific strike price while also selling the same number of calls of the same asset and expiration date but at a higher strike. A bull call spread is used when a moderate rise in the… …
38Covered Call — An options strategy whereby an investor holds a long position in an asset and writes (sells) call options on that same asset in an attempt to generate increased income from the asset. This is often employed when an investor has a short term… …
39Naked Call — An options strategy in which an investor writes (sells) call options on the open market without owning the underlying security. This stands in contrast to a covered call strategy, where the investor owns the security shares that are eligible to… …
40covered call — A short call option position in which the writer owns the number of shares of the underlying stock represented by the option contracts. Covered calls generally limit the risk the writer takes because the stock does not have to be bought at the …
