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Options are conditional forward transactions. Different types of options are presented in this story.
What layman will ever understand that the seller of the put option, when the buyer of the put option exercises the put option, is the buyer of the securities sold by the buyer of the put option?
Serge Demolière, Landesbank Berlin
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Naturally, the right of choice can also lie with the other side; this is a question of the form of the contract or the negotiating power.
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That means a “derivated” product.
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It should be noted here that although options have no direct geographical reference, different types of options are very vividly characterized by continents or countries.
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Uszczapowski I (2012) Optionen und Futures verstehen. Grundlagen und neue Entwicklungen (Understanding Options and Futures. Basics and new developments), 7th edn, Deutscher Taschenbuch, Munich
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Korn, R., Luderer, B. (2021). A Trip Around the World: Different Types of Options. In: Money and Mathematics. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34677-5_40
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