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it is if you exercise it, meaning you say,
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I will use my right to buy or sell.
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The other party is the writer of the option.
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Because it's a contract, it has to be between two parties.
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Somebody is on the other side
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and you can do either one; you can either buy or write an option.
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If you--let me make this clear; if you write a call option,
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then what you are committing yourself to do as the writer--
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you sign the contract from the writer's contract,
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which goes along with the buyer's contract.
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Well, it provides rights to the buyer.
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If you write a call option,