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he maximum loss the writer of a stock put option can suffer is equal to the stri

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Question

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Explanation / Answer

Ans is A the striking price minus the put premium.

Explanation: Put option is a ‘right to sell’, and writer of put option is seller of option to put. Lets take an example Y sells a put option at a premium of $1 with strike price $40 to X, X will use the option when the price of stock is less than $40, and if suppose stock price goes down to $0 and Y has an obligation to purchase this stock from X with Market value 0 at $40, so his maximum loss will be $40 less $1 option premium