A put is the other kind of option. It covers 100 shares of one stock.
Lesson 3
What a put is
A put gives the buyer the right to sell 100 shares at the strike price.
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Learn how to read a put
Read the buyer’s box and the seller’s box for one sample put on the chart. Each of the four checkpoints ends with a two-answer question. Nothing places a trade.
CHECKPOINT 1 OF 4
Choose SOFI
0 / 4 checkpoints earned
When the chart loads, follow its highlighted control to earn your first checkpoint.
- Choose SOFI
- Read the put buyer's box, upcoming
- Read the put seller's box, upcoming
- Give the put more time, upcoming
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