Glossary of Option Terms: Bid and Ask Prices
Bid and Ask Prices
Definition: What the option is worth in your hands (bid) and what you have to pay for it (ask/offer).
- Bid - the highest price one is willing to pay for the option contract.
- Ask - the lowest price one is willing to receive for the option contract.
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[...] I was on a proprietary trading desk, we all hated the market makers - the guys who set the bid and ask prices on the [...]
[...] see put options with a $7.50 strike price, which expire in July. They’re trading for $0.40 on the bid price (the price at which a buyer is willing to buy) and $0.50 on the ask price (the price at which a [...]
[...] put options with a $7.50 strike price, which expire in July. They’re trading for $0.40 on the bid price (the price at which a buyer is willing to buy) and $0.50 on the ask price (the price at which a [...]