Silver Bullion - What are silver
options?
What are silver options? Silver options, are like silver futures and silver forwards, derivative financial instruments
or derivatives, but the buyers of silver options are unlike the case is with silver
futures and silver forwards, under no obligation to exercise the silver options held or owned. A silver option
therefore at best represents a right and not an obligation on the part of the buyer. It is a contract or
agreement between two parties for a future transaction on silver at a reference price (strike or exercise
price).
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Let’s explain…
The buyer or purchaser of a
silver option gains the right or option, but not the
obligation, to participate or engage in a specific transaction to buy or sell silver in the future on a pre-determined date and at
a reference price (strike or exercise price). This while the seller incurs or receives the corresponding
obligation to fulfill the relevant transaction. Thus, if the buyer decides to exercise a silver option, the
seller has an obligation to fulfill the transaction. It is not optional for the seller. When the option holder
or buyer has the right to buy silver on a future date at a reference price (strike or exercise price), then it
is called a “call option” or “call.” On the other hand, when an option grants the option holder or buyer the
right to sell silver on a future date at a reference price (strike or exercise price), then it is called a “put
option” or “put.”
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Physical Silver vs. Paper
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Less hideous form of paper silver…
Silver options, unlike silver futures and silver forwards, although also used in silver market manipulation, are far less
hideous forms of paper silver since the holder or buyer of silver options have the right or option to exercise
the relevant silver options, but are under no obligation to do so. In fact, the original holder or buyer of
silver options has the right to sell the relevant silver options to another party before the expiration
date.
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