option holder

The person who bought a buy-or-sell ticket and owns its right to use it.

The fuller meaning

The buyer of an option, who holds the right to exercise it. Option holders risk the entire premium paid, which is lost if the option expires out of the money, but no more; the seller, or writer, takes the other side.

option holder.

Related words

at the money · backtest · backwardation · basis · call option · contango · data snooping · delta · edge · entry trigger