Glossary · Options Foundations · I
Intrinsic value in plain English.
The real, here-and-now value if the option expired this instant. Only ITM options have intrinsic value.
Track
Options Foundations
11 terms in this track
Taught in
Moneyness, time, and what you're really paid for
In the index
55 of 129
Filed under I
Connections
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Related terms mapped below
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The idea, in context
How to read the picture above and where the Academy teaches it.
Reading the illustration
Strikes around today’s price, drawn for a put: strikes above the price are in the money, below it out of the money.
In French: Valeur intrinsèque
Where it’s taught
Options Foundations
Moneyness, time, and what you're really paid for
“Moneyness, time, and what you're really paid for” introduces this term with worked examples, a quiz and the trades around it. The Academy is part of the YieldCove membership.
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Connected terms
8 terms around this one — the words its definition uses, its lesson siblings and the terms that build on it.
- Used in this definition
- Same lesson
- Builds on this term
- Same track
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Where to go next
Understand it, try it with real numbers, then track it for free.
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