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267: Practice

A call option is an option to purchase a specified amount of a specified stock at a specified price at a specified due date—for example, to buy 100 shares of IBM for $25 per share on next May 1. Analogously, a put option is an option to sell a specified amount of a specified stock at a specified price at a specified due date—for example, to sell 100 shares of IBM for $25 per share on next May 1. Define call and put structures such that call and put objects have structure variables for the number of shares and price involved, as well as the due-date year and month.