What is a Put order
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DoryJohn wrote:
Can any of you financial guys explain to me what a put order is? Thanks.
It's related to options.....you are betting the stock will go down in a certain time frame....GOOGLE STOCK OPTIONS
Can any of you financial guys explain to me what a put order is? Thanks.
It's related to options.....you are betting the stock will go down in a certain time frame....GOOGLE STOCK OPTIONS
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DoryJohn wrote:
Can any of you financial guys explain to me what a put order is? Thanks.
In the world of the small speculator, options are used, customarily, in an attempt to capture large gains with little capital investment. One way to use derivatives in an investment operation, however, is to write put options for an issue in which you want to build a position.
Writing Put Options
You want to buy shares of a fictional company, Acme Pharmaceuticals. After reading the annual report and analyzing the financial statements, you have come to the conclusion that, in order to earn your required rate of return, you can pay no more than $25 per share. Today, the stock trades at $30 per share.
Instead of sitting around and waiting for the stock to fall to your desired price, you could write put options for the shares at $25. In essence, you would sell a ?promise? to another party (it could be a bank, mutual fund, corporation, or individual investor) that if the shares of Acme fall below the threshold during the life of the option, the purchaser will have the right to require you to purchase those shares at $25.
Why would you agree to do this? In exchange for this promise, the buyer of your put options will pay you an ?insurance? premium. The amount of this premium depends on a number of factors but for our purposes, assume you are paid $1.12 per share to take on this risk. If you wrote ten puts (remember that options are for round lots of 100 shares), you would receive $1,120 (10 puts x 100 shares = 1,000 shares x $1.12 premium = $1,120). If the option expires and is never exercised, you keep this money free and clear.
If the option is exercised, it serves to effectively lower your cost basis. If, for example, the price of Acme fell to $15 per share, the buyer of your put options is going to exercise their right to require you to purchase the shares at $25. Your actual cost, however, would only be $23.88 ($25 cost of shares - $1.12 premium = $23.88 net cost.)
The Bottom Line
For the value-investor, it is a win-win situation: if the stock doesn?t fall to your desired price, you keep the premium payment. If it falls significantly, you don?t mind paying for the shares at a higher-than-market price because you had originally planned on purchasing them at that price, regardless.
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Can any of you financial guys explain to me what a put order is?
Can any of you financial guys explain to me what a put order is? Thanks.
In the world of the small speculator, options are used, customarily, in an attempt to capture large gains with little capital investment. One way to use derivatives in an investment operation, however, is to write put options for an issue in which you want to build a position.
Writing Put Options
You want to buy shares of a fictional company, Acme Pharmaceuticals. After reading the annual report and analyzing the financial statements, you have come to the conclusion that, in order to earn your required rate of return, you can pay no more than $25 per share. Today, the stock trades at $30 per share.
Instead of sitting around and waiting for the stock to fall to your desired price, you could write put options for the shares at $25. In essence, you would sell a ?promise? to another party (it could be a bank, mutual fund, corporation, or individual investor) that if the shares of Acme fall below the threshold during the life of the option, the purchaser will have the right to require you to purchase those shares at $25.
Why would you agree to do this? In exchange for this promise, the buyer of your put options will pay you an ?insurance? premium. The amount of this premium depends on a number of factors but for our purposes, assume you are paid $1.12 per share to take on this risk. If you wrote ten puts (remember that options are for round lots of 100 shares), you would receive $1,120 (10 puts x 100 shares = 1,000 shares x $1.12 premium = $1,120). If the option expires and is never exercised, you keep this money free and clear.
If the option is exercised, it serves to effectively lower your cost basis. If, for example, the price of Acme fell to $15 per share, the buyer of your put options is going to exercise their right to require you to purchase the shares at $25. Your actual cost, however, would only be $23.88 ($25 cost of shares - $1.12 premium = $23.88 net cost.)
The Bottom Line
For the value-investor, it is a win-win situation: if the stock doesn?t fall to your desired price, you keep the premium payment. If it falls significantly, you don?t mind paying for the shares at a higher-than-market price because you had originally planned on purchasing them at that price, regardless.
Can any of you financial guys explain to me what a put order is?
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SORTIE wrote:
when Noreasters start asking about put orders, the market has bottomed
Market bottoms are like halloween....they come in the fall! Never in the summer when the BOYZ are on vacation....NEVER!
when Noreasters start asking about put orders, the market has bottomed
Market bottoms are like halloween....they come in the fall! Never in the summer when the BOYZ are on vacation....NEVER!
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