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Trading Term
  1. An option contract gives the buyer or holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying financial asset or commodity. Unlike futures, where the buyer has to fufill the contract, an option gives the choice of whether to exercise or not.
  2. In the Market Value – Real FX Position section of the TWS Account Window, this is the real-time mark-to-market value of securities options.

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