Learning Objectives11.1 - Options Issued by Corporations11.1.1 - Warrants11.1.2 - Employee Stock Options11.1.3 - Convertible Bonds11.1.4 - Callable Bonds11.1.5 - Put Bonds11.1.6 - Rights11.2 - Options Contracts between Private Parties11.3 - Exchange-traded Options11.4 - Options Contracts: An Example11.5 - What is an Options Contract?11.6 - Options Terminologies11.6.1 - The Underlying Asset11.6.2 - Call and Put Options11.6.3 - The Option Premium11.6.4 - Exercising Options11.6.5 - The Exercise Price or the Strike Price11.6.6 - The Exercise Date or the Strike Date11.6.7 - American and European Options11.6.8 - Buyers and Writers of Options11.6.9 - The Contract Size11.6.10 - In-the-money, At-the-money and Out-of-money Options11.7 - Exchange-traded and OTC Options: A Comparison11.7.1 - Guarantee of Performance in Exchange-traded Options11.7.2 - Margin Requirements11.7.3 - Margin Calculation11.7.4 - Standardization of Contracts11.7.5 - Exercise Dates11.7.6 - Exercise Prices11.7.7 - Options Classes and Options Series11.8 - Trading of Options11.8.1 - Types of Orders11.8.2 - Offsetting Orders11.9 - Price Quotes11.10 - Protection Against Corporate ActionsChapter SummaryReview QuestionsProblemsCase Study