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Synthetic Put

Trading Term

An order to simultaneously buy (or sell) a call option and sell (or buy) stock where both have the same underlying. For example:

  • Buy a synthetic put: Buy 1 XYZ April03 75 call, Sell 100 shares XYZ
  • Buy a synthetic put: Sell 1 XYZ April03 75 call, Buy 100 shares XYZ

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