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Encyclopedia > Credit default option

In finance, a default option or credit default option is a put option that makes a payoff in the event the issuer of a specified reference asset defaults. Such a contract is also known as a "credit default swap".


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Credit default option - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (169 words)
In finance, a default option or credit default option is an option to buy protection (payer option) or sell protection (receiver option) as a credit default swap on a specific reference credit with a specific maturity.
The option is usually european, exercisable only at one date in the future at a specific strike price defined as a coupon on the credit default swap.
Credit default options on single credits are extinguished upon default without any cashflows.
Call option - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (934 words)
A call option is a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of this type of option.
A call option should not be confused with either Incentive stock options or with a warrant.
An incentive stock option, the option to buy stock in a particular company, is a right granted by a corporation to a particular person (typically executives) to purchase treasury stock.
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