put option
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the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
an option to sell
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On the flipside, if you are not interested in making cash sales at this time (for whatever reason), be mindful of your unpriced bushels and consider a put option strategy to offer a price floor.
The options strategy sells an upside call option and uses a portion of the proceeds received to buy a put option to hedge downside risk on an underlying portfolio of securities.
On the options front (October 01, 2020 expiry), across the board writing was witnessed in the put option strikes as the Nifty and Bank index trended higher.
On the options front (October 29, 2020 expiry), across the board writing was seen in both call and put option strikes as the Nifty and Bank Nifty index traded in a narrow trading band.
The Uzbek partner was given one put option, which allowed it to buy back its 26% stake in TeliaSonera after 31 December 2009, after previously specified conditions had been met.
School board members voted 6-0 to put option one on the ballot in May.