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Out of the Money

When a stock option has a strike price above the value of the stock.

Yeah... not good.

Example

A stock option has a strike price of $88; then the CFO commits fraud. The stock is now at $5. The option is $83 out of the money.

You probably don't want to buy—just a guess. 

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