An option that cannot be exercised at a profit. An out-of-the-money option is a call option whose strike price is higher than the current market level, or a put option whose strike price is below market. A call option on December bonds at 100 would be out of the money if December bonds are at 99 or less; a put option would be out of the money if they were at 101 or more.
An option that has no intrinsic value. For calls, an option priced above the market price and for puts, an option priced below the market price.
In options trading parlance, a contract that would be worthless if it expired at current market prices. If January natural gas futures are currently trading at $10, for example, an $11 January call option is "out of the money" because exercising the options would result in a $1 loss. The opposite of "out of the money" is "in the money."
call option whose strike price is higher than the market price of the underlying security, or a put option whose strike price is lower than the market price of the underlying security. see also at the money, in the money, close to the money, deep in the money, deep out of the money.
The situation where an option has only time value as opposed to intrinsic value because of the relationship between the option's strike price and the current market price for the underlying instrument, the spot price. A call option is out of the money when the strike price is above the spot price. A put option is out of the money when the strike price is below the spot price.
An option is out of the money if it has a negative intrinsic value call option is out of the money if the exercise price is greater than the price of the underlying asset, ...... more on: Out of the money
A call option with a strike price higher or a put option with a strike price lower than the current market value of the underlying asset.
when an option's strike price is higher than the market price of the underlying stock for a call, or is below the market price of the underlying stock for a put. See call option, put option. Compare in the money.
When the strike price of the option is above (in the case of a call) or below (in the case of a put) the market price of the underlying security. The option, therefore, has no intrinsic value.
When the strike price of the option is more expensive than the underlying asset's current price.
When the exercise price is above, in the case of calls or below, in the case of puts, the current market price of the underlying security, that is, it has no intrinsic value.
This term is used to describe any option that has a strike price that is far above (for a call option) or below (for a put option) the current level of the underlying.
A call whose strike price is above the current market price of the underlying equity. A put whose strike price is below the current price of the underlying security.
The situation in which the fixed price of an option turns out to be a less favorable price than that currently available in the market, resulting in a loss for the investor. The holder of an option to sell a security is out of the money when the option price is lower than the market price. Conversely, the holder of an option to buy is out of the money when the option price is higher than the market price.... read full article
A term used to describe an option worth nothing if exercised immediately. In the case of a call option (the right to buy), it means the strike price (the future price at which you can buy) is higher than the current price of the underlying security. In the case of a put option ( the right to sell), it means the strike price (the future price at which you can sell) is lower than the current price of the underlying security.
An option that has no intrinsic value--for example, an option whose strike price, in the case of a put, is lower than the stocks current price, or in the case of a call, is higher. An investor who buys an out-of-the-money option is speculating that the option will rise in value and become in-the-money. See: At The Money; Call Option; In The Money; Intrinsic Value; Options; Put Option; Speculation
The AOFM has, at current prices, made an unrealised loss by entering into the swap transaction.
call ( put) whose exercise price is higher (lower) than the current price of the underlying.
A "Call" option is aid to be "out of the money" if the current market price is lower than the strike price. A "Put" option is said to be "out of the money" if the current market price is higher than the strike price. OTC "Over The Counter" - A securities market not conducted through a formal exchange. Securities traded via the telephone and computerized network linking OTC Security Dealers.
Describing an option that has no intrinsic value. A call option is out-of-the-money if the stock is below the striking price of the call, while a put option is out-of-the-money if the stock is higher than the striking price of the put.
degree to which an option's Strike Price is distant from the corresponding futures price
A call option is out-of-the-money if the strike price is greater than the market price of the underlying security. A put option is out-of-the-money if the strike price is less than the market price of the underlying security.
An option with no intrinsic value. A call option is out of the money if the price of the underlying is below the strike price of the call, while a put option is out of the money if the price of the underlying is higher than the strike price of the put.
A situation where the a call option's strike or exercise price is above the market price of the underlying asset A situation where the a put option's strike or exercise price is below the market price of the underlying asset Usually relations to a point where the investor is not in profit. The opposite of in of the money.
1. For a call, when an option's strike price is higher than the market price of the underlying stock. 2. For a put, when the strike price is below the market price of the underlying stock.
If an option contract expires when the strike price is on the wrong side of the market price, the contract is out of the money.