OPTIONS — BUY CALLS AND PUTS
Buy Call / Buy Put
Analyse a purchased call or put: premium paid, maximum loss, break-even, scenario, early close and expiration payoff.
Inputs
Field guide ↗This tool is only for BUY Call and BUY Put. For selling a single option use “Sell Call / Sell Put”; for a call covered by shares use “Covered Call”.
The chart represents expiration payoff. Before expiration, option value also depends on time remaining, implied volatility, rates, dividends, spread and liquidity.
Option summary
Profit and loss at expiration
Move the pointer over the chart to read the result at each underlying price.
Profit zone
Loss zone
Scenario table
| Underlying | Intrinsic value | P/L before tax | Net P/L |
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Closing before expiration
Enter a sale premium to calculate an early close.