Chapter 03 · Section 3.1
Wall Street
LISTED U.S. OPTIONS The Wall Street Journal
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Wednesday June 12, 1995 3:00 p.m. New York Time
Prices of all options. Sales unit usually is 100 shares.
Security description includes exercise price.
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CBOE Strike Calls-last Puts-last
Price
Jun Jul Aug Jun Jul Aug
Coke 45 r r r s 1/4
54 1/4 50 r r r r 5/8
54 1/4 55 5/8 2 1/4 15/16 1 11/16 2 1/8
54 1/4 60 7/8 r 6 1/4 6 1/4 r
Are these option contracts traded on Wall Street?
Please answer yes or no.
a) no
b) yes
Usually stocks are traded on more than one exchange. Until recently you could not find the same option contract traded on different exchanges, but with the trend towards 24 hour trading there are now contracts traded on more than one exchange.