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    samz3700

    A futures contract gives the holder the obligation to make or take delivery, whilst an option holder has the right but not the obligation to take delivery. In other words the parties to a futures contract must make delivery at expiration, whilst an options holder may or may not exercise his/her right.

    An option on a future basically then gives you the right but not the obligation to exercise if you are the holder of the options contract.
    The RUT option is based on the RUT index.
    The RUT futures trade under the symbol /TF , and since it is a futures contract the price is almost always higher than the Index.
    The 100 multiplier is used as a basis to hedge a portfolio of small cap stocks. So with RUT around 800 a portfolio manager might hedge an $80,000 portfolio of small cap stocks with one RUT options contract.

    We use the RUT and SPX , because we tend to know it better, and we like the premiums we get for it based on the risk we take. The RUT is European type option and is cash settled at expiration and stops trading the Thursday of options expiration week, and the settlement price is calculated based on the opening price on the Friday of options expiration.



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