strike price
noun
: an agreed-upon price at which an option contract can be exercised
called also striking price
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The filing didn’t include the put options’ value, strike price or expiration, and Appaloosa could also have exited the position since the end of the first quarter in March.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Once vested, exercising the options triggers taxation on the difference between the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise and the option strike price.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Berkshire is also sitting on 84 million Oxy warrants with a strike price of $59.62.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
If the stock never trades above the strike price, the contract will expire and the call holder will lose the premium paid for the option.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Once vested, exercising the options triggers taxation on the difference between the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise and the option strike price.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Berkshire is also sitting on 84 million Oxy warrants with a strike price of $59.62.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
If the stock never trades above the strike price, the contract will expire and the call holder will lose the premium paid for the option.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strike price
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“Strike price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20price. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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