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option strategies: Original post by Leslie McClintock of Demand Media When you buy an option, you are buying a choice. As the owner of an option, you have the right to buy or sell a given security at a given price at a specific time. There are two kinds of options: The option to buy, and the option to sell. The option to buy is called a "call" option, and the option to sell is called a "put"…

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