# The price at which a security is traded is also known as the strike price or the exercise price of an option

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## Definition

Generally another name for a reference price in all its individual meanings. - The contractually fixed price at which one can exercise an option contract; sometimes also called strike price, exercise price and reference price. Thus, if the buyer exercises his option and demands performance - such as financial product, commodity or currency - he receives it at the agreed delivery price; unless otherwise agreed. - See strike price, basis, reference price, call, derivatives, complex option, knock-in option, knock-out put, option, path-dependent, put, commodity futures contract, time spread, wagon, replacement risk. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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