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Call options give you the right to buy a stock at a specific fixed price no matter how high the stock rises to in future. Traders normally buy call options when they expect the stock to rise.

Put options give you the right to SELL a stock at a specific fixed price no matter how low the stock drops to in future. As such, traders normally buy put options when they expect the stock to fall.

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