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  • adjective finance Of or pertaining to options on a stock or equity. For some stocks, it is possible to trade options on them, hence they are optionable, for other stocks options aren't traded so they are not optionable.

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Examples

  • Hollywood producers looking for highly optionable properties, that are clearly reminiscent of past successes ie, this sort of thing has worked before and you can understand it, but new enough to be fresh, I'll make it easy on you.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Lou Anders 2009

  • Imagine you have identified an optionable stock that you believe is going to increase in value during the coming six months.

    Living With Leverage In Options INVESTools S. Wade Hansen 2006

  • While DAVE is optionable, the speculative crowd has left plenty of room on the bandwagon.

    A Menu Of Bullish Plays In Casual Dining Beth Gaston Moon 2006

  • While the stock is optionable, it is not heavily traded and could therefore face some liquidity constraints.

    Airlines Climb To Cruising Altitude Beth Gaston Moon 2006

  • Another restaurant name that is unfortunately not yet optionable is Buffalo Wild Wings.

    A Menu Of Bullish Plays In Casual Dining Beth Gaston Moon 2006

  • The stock is optionable and very liquid with an average volume of 1.66M in the last three months .

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  • Both ETFs are optionable and shortable, though XLI is far more liquid.

    Forbes.com: News Jason Raznick 2011

  • If you want to hedge against market risk, a good proxy would be an optionable ETF that tracks a market index.

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  • The stock is optionable and I used a bullish reversal, short GME Jul 2011 18.0 puts and long an equal amount of GME Jul 2011 23.0 calls.

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  • The following futures contracts are offered on the NYMEX at the CME Group: 1. Natural Gas NG: These Henry Hub futures contracts, which are also optionable, are the most popular for establishing a futures position in this commodity.

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