Stock options listed on U.S. stock exchanges generally have a notional amount of 100 shares of stock. Stock options are also traded in the over the counter (OTC) market with variable notional amounts.

At one time, and because of the risk management challenges involved, listed options trading was mostly done by professionals and market makers with limited public participation. Today, you can ...

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