What is an option?
Last updated: 12 August 2026
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An option is a type of contract which gives the purchaser the right to buy or sell an underlying security (stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities, futures, and indexes) at an agreed upon price within a specified time period. With etoro Options, option contracts underliers are stocks or exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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