In regards to becoming more active in your financial life you should become familiar with the many stock options available to the public. Public libraries have numerous resource materials to help the person become familiar with what type of stock options are currently available.
Stock options is when you have a right to buy (or sell, but most commonly buy) a stock at a predetermined price.Exercising a stock option means that you use it: You buy the stocks at the agreed price, and the options expire as you spent them on the stock purchase.
No. You buy stock or options. You do not claim them
Most if not all stock brokerages sell options. I know Scottrade does.
Yes, you can purchase Canadian stock options. You can use a stock trader, like Scottrade or etrade to buy stocks yourself or you can go to a company like Edward Jones and have them purchase the stocks for you.
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. Read the links below for more details.
Stock Options Analysis (SOA) is the analysis of the stock market; in simpler terms, it's when people look at the stock market and decide how it's doing. This helps people buy low and sell high.
There are a lot of books like Stock Options for Dummies. Some of the best ones should be trading options for dummies, options for the beginner and beyond.
There is so good supplement information about stock options here: http://canadianfinanceblog.com/how-stock-options-work/. There is also a good list regarding the subject here: http://gigaom.com/2011/06/05/5-mistakes-you-cant-afford-to-make-with-stock-options/.
Stock options basically a priveledge that is sold by one party to another that allows them to buy or sell stock. It is not an obligation by the buyer to sell, they can if they choose to sell upon the agreed on price.
Stock options are a contract specifying a contract for a future purchase between two parties. The buyer has the option to buy at a future date and the seller, the obligation.
Until Facebook has its IPO, then allows its stock to be optioned, you can't.
They shouldn't