Definition of Compound option

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Compound option -- London Stock Exchange name for the call of more, the put of more or the put and call when combined. Another name is double option. In New York a put and call combined are called a spread if two prices are named in it (a put price and a call price) or a straddle if only one price is named in it (at which price the stock may be either put or called).



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