Options 101 Course

Risk Profile Charts

Option Risk Profiles

The importance of a risk profile chart becomes clearer when we look at options strategies.

Consider a call option:

A call option is the right, not the obligation, to buy an asset (eg a share) at a fixed price before a predetermined date.

Let's say we want to buy a call option to buy a stock at $25.00 (strike price) before December (expiration date) and we pay 3.50 (premium) for this option.

Call Option Risk Profile



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