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call option

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Noun1.call option - an option to buy
stock option - the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period
2.call option - the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
straddle, span - the act of sitting or standing astride
option - the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
put, put option - the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date


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X is bullish on the ABC Ltd stock and decides to buy one ABC call option contract on 3 June 2009, which expires on 25 June.
More than 6,300 call options traded, while the current open interest in these calls was 366.
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