Talk:Option style

Too technical

I think this page needs to be reworded and slightly dumbed down. I understand it because I'm already very familiar with the concepts but an average person would probably be confused. Also most of the links go back to this page due to redirects, I believe the redirects should be removed so more in depth discussion on different options can take place. I'll start working on sub pages sometime in the future. Ignignot 14:10, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)

"Bermudan"

Not sure if that is correct. The proper adjectival form of "Bermuda" is "Bermudian", so if it's the adjective you want, that's the correct spelling. Noel (talk) 20:11, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

you're right - technically it should be "Bermudian". Unfortunately, the bankers who came up with the term used Bermudan, and that's what this type of option has always been called. - DocendoDiscimus 23:42, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

They also call it "bermudan" not "Bermudan". Pcb21| Pete 00:01, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Origin

Does someone know why options are described as "american", "european", "asian", etc. ? Obviously, it has nothing to do with the continents since most options traded in the world are american-style.

The story I've heard is European options were the original, only type of option, and an American came up with the new type of option you could exercise any time, and as a stab at the Europeans, he named the simpler option European and the more difficult one American. Bermuda is between America and Europe so Bermudian options are similar to both. I don't know the origins for the others though.

Good job

Thank you very much for this article. It gets one's terminology straight. I have been searching for the definition of a "best of" option for ages. Now I know it is one of the rainbow options and can learn more about it under the correct name. This is what I call the gift of knowledge! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.108.109.102 (talk) 15:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Binary options

Binary options do not seem path dependent, and the site for them does not mention path dependence. Should this option be in another section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.38.109.188 (talk) 12:26, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Australian Option

Has anyone heard of an Australian option? An article in Applied Mathematical Finance (Dec 2014) discusses their "solutions." Vinzklorthos (talk) 14:40, 27 October 2014 (UTC)