I was glad to see a positive article on stock option accounting (“ No Longer an ‘Option, ’” JofA , Apr.05). Lost in all of the discussions of valuation models and politics is the fact that FASB ...

Selling call and put options: How it works It’s also possible to be a seller of call and put options. You might sell, or write, call and put options for a variety of reasons, such as earning ...

Buying call and put options: How it works When you buy a call option on a stock, you’re making a bet that the price of the underlying stock will increase by at least a certain amount before the ...