strike price

noun

: an agreed-upon price at which an option contract can be exercised

called also striking price

Examples of strike price in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the call spread strategy in this ETF, a call is sold to generate premium at a stated price, and another call option is bought at the same time at a higher strike price to capture potential upside. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 23 June 2026

Call options contracts at the strike price of $80,000 — a bullish bet on that price level — have the most open interest. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 June 2026

The aggressive strike prices on the options signal that Meta sees AI as a massive opportunity and that the market for talent in AI has intensified to the point Meta needed to level up its compensation plan. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026

Initial excitement turns into frustration Blue Origin offered options initially at a strike price of $4 a share, meaning that if there were a liquidity event at something like $10 a share, employees could exercise their options and sell their shares at a significantly higher price. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for strike price

• imprecise
• sacrifice
• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice