{"id":26961,"date":"2025-06-19T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=26961"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:58:42","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-not-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/which-of-the-following-is-not-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is NOT true."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following is NOT true. An options contract is a contractual agreement between two parties. is based on the value of an underlying security. obliges the holder to exercise it at the expiration date. gives a trader the right to buy or sell the underlying security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;obliges the holder to exercise it at the expiration date.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An <strong>options contract<\/strong> is a financial derivative that gives the holder the <strong>right<\/strong>, but <strong>not the obligation<\/strong>, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specified price (called the strike price) on or before a specified expiration date. The key aspect of options is <strong>choice<\/strong>\u2014the holder can decide whether or not to exercise the option, depending on whether it is profitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two main types of options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Call options<\/strong> \u2013 give the holder the right to buy the underlying asset.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Put options<\/strong> \u2013 give the holder the right to sell the underlying asset.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s review each statement in the question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;An options contract is a contractual agreement between two parties.&#8221;<\/strong><br>This is true. One party is the buyer (holder) of the option, and the other is the seller (writer) who must fulfill the contract if the option is exercised.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;An options contract is based on the value of an underlying security.&#8221;<\/strong><br>This is also true. The price and value of the option are derived from an asset like a stock, index, or commodity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;An options contract obliges the holder to exercise it at the expiration date.&#8221;<\/strong><br>This is <strong>NOT true<\/strong>. The holder has the <strong>right<\/strong>, not the obligation, to exercise the option. If exercising is not beneficial (e.g., the option is \u201cout of the money\u201d), the holder can choose to let it expire worthless.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;An options contract gives a trader the right to buy or sell the underlying security.&#8221;<\/strong><br>This is true. The option gives a trader the ability to take action if it is in their favor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the false statement is the one about <strong>obligation to exercise<\/strong>, which misrepresents the nature of options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-129.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-129.jpeg 852w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-129-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-129-768x923.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is NOT true. An options contract is a contractual agreement between two parties. is based on the value of an underlying security. obliges the holder to exercise it at the expiration date. gives a trader the right to buy or sell the underlying security. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26970,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26961\/revisions\/26970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}