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Call option

A call option gives the owner (Option holder) the right to buy an asset at a fixed price during a particular time period. Purchaser of a call option hopes that stock price will increase.

 Brealey, Myers, Allen, and Mohanty said,” A call option gives its owner the right to buy stock at a specified exercise or strike price on or before a specified exercise date.”

Fischer and Jordan said,” An option that grants the buyer the right to purchase a designated instrument is called a call option.”


Call Option is an option that gives its holder the right to buy an asset at a fixed price during a certain period.

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