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Term of the Day: Himalayan Option

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July 22, 2015
Himalayan Option

An exotic equity option belonging to a class known as mountain range options. Himalayan options are based on a basket of underlying securities, as opposed to the typical listed (vanilla) option, which has one underlying security.

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