An option is a contract in which the buyer has the right to buy or sell a certain amount of a specific asset at a specific price at a specific time and at a specific price after paying a certain fee to the seller. The seller needs to fulfill corresponding obligations. Options account opening supports online and zero-threshold opening. , the following introduces what is the capital threshold for option speculation? This article comes from: Option Sauce
1. How much does it usually cost to invest in options?
In fact, in the options market, the vast majority of investors are small and medium-sized investors, which means that option investment does not require much money, and you can play options with tens, hundreds, or thousands of dollars.
Because one option contract with the highest open interest is about 0.002, and one contract is 10000x0.002=about 200 yuan.
Therefore, an at-the-money option contract only costs about 200 yuan to buy. If it is an out-of-the-money contract, it only costs tens of yuan to buy. Investors can buy option contracts according to their own needs.
2. The capital threshold for opening an options account is 500,000 yuan . The specific conditions are as follows:
1. Investors need to have an available fund balance of no less than RMB 500,000 in their margin account when applying.
2. Investors need to have stock index futures trading experience, and the stock index futures account must be valid for more than 6 months.
3. Investors do not have serious bad integrity records or are prohibited or restricted from engaging in stock index futures trading by laws, administrative regulations, rules and exchange business rules.
3. How much does it cost to buy and sell options?
The funds required to buy and sell one lot of options depend on the market price of the option contract and the degree of virtuality of the contract. The specific calculation method is as follows12:
1. The market price of an option contract varies from contract to contract and changes with the price fluctuations of the underlying securities in the market.
2. According to different quotations, the price of the contract is different. The price ranges from a few yuan per lot to thousands of dollars per lot, mainly depending on the degree of virtuality and realism of the contract. The premium for real-valued option contracts is higher, while the premium for out-of-the-money options is lower.