(FINANCE) when a financial derivative has intrinsic value to the person who holds it. There are two examples:
* when the strike price of a call option is less than the spot price of the underlying stock, it is worthwhile to exercise it;
* when the strike price of a put option is more than the spot price of the underlying stock, it is worthwhile to exercise it.
Please remember that an option being "in the money" does not mean it was a good investment. You might have bought the option when the difference between the strike price and the spot price was MORE than it is now. If it's expiring, you might as well exercise it because to not do so is just throwing money away. But it still could have been a loss for the investor.
* when the strike price of a call option is less than the spot price of the underlying stock, it is worthwhile to exercise it;
* when the strike price of a put option is more than the spot price of the underlying stock, it is worthwhile to exercise it.
Please remember that an option being "in the money" does not mean it was a good investment. You might have bought the option when the difference between the strike price and the spot price was MORE than it is now. If it's expiring, you might as well exercise it because to not do so is just throwing money away. But it still could have been a loss for the investor.
PHIL: Sweet! My call options are back in the money. Now I'd better exercise them.
MIGUEL: You must be rolling in the cash, Holmes!
PHIL: Not even close. The forex rate for the UK pound nosedived and I got hosed pretty bad. It's not where it was when I bought these rat droppings, but I need to get out before they expire.
MIGUEL: You know, when you first told me about options they sounded like a sweet deal, but...
PHIL: Yeah... the guy who wrote the option always seems to know what's going down better than us dilettantes.
MIGUEL: You must be rolling in the cash, Holmes!
PHIL: Not even close. The forex rate for the UK pound nosedived and I got hosed pretty bad. It's not where it was when I bought these rat droppings, but I need to get out before they expire.
MIGUEL: You know, when you first told me about options they sounded like a sweet deal, but...
PHIL: Yeah... the guy who wrote the option always seems to know what's going down better than us dilettantes.
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I got this idea from this scenario that I created while eating dinner today, imagine two criminals robbing a bank, they must be as swift as possible, but one is distracted talking shit like "Oh this moneys boutta change my life!" The other would say "YO! Just put the money in the bag bro"
I got this idea from this scenario that I created while eating dinner today, imagine two criminals robbing a bank, they must be as swift as possible, but one is distracted talking shit like "Oh this moneys boutta change my life!" The other would say "YO! Just put the money in the bag bro"
(Person 1) "Ok so let me tell you this INSANE thing that just happened to me today, oh before that let me tell you about the time when...."
(Person 2) "Just put the money in the bag bro..."
(Person 2) "Just put the money in the bag bro..."
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You can also use the phrase to describe someone who is very consistent in their behavior, because if you bet on him or her, you know you'll win. It's usually used in a positive sense to describe someone who always delivers and brings joy or victory. A synonymous phrase would be "reliably good."
The slang use of the term "money," as in "you are so money right now" is presumably derived from "money in the bank." It means not just excellence, but excellence demonstrated on repeated occasions, establishing a pattern of reliability. It can be used to compliment someone for just one instance of excellence, but it still implies that this one instance reflects on the excellence of the person's larger character, that they would be expected to be excellent again.
You can also use the phrase to describe someone who is very consistent in their behavior, because if you bet on him or her, you know you'll win. It's usually used in a positive sense to describe someone who always delivers and brings joy or victory. A synonymous phrase would be "reliably good."
The slang use of the term "money," as in "you are so money right now" is presumably derived from "money in the bank." It means not just excellence, but excellence demonstrated on repeated occasions, establishing a pattern of reliability. It can be used to compliment someone for just one instance of excellence, but it still implies that this one instance reflects on the excellence of the person's larger character, that they would be expected to be excellent again.
Yankee fan 1: Do you think Mariano can close this thing out?
Yankee fan 2: Are you kidding? He hasn't allowed an earned run in 2 years. Money in the bank, baby.
Indians fan (weeping): I am holier than thou in my suffering.
Yankee fan 1: Sorry, I couldn't hear you, Indians fan. The wheel of my victory chariot must have been lodged in your windpipe.
Yankee fan 2: Are you kidding? He hasn't allowed an earned run in 2 years. Money in the bank, baby.
Indians fan (weeping): I am holier than thou in my suffering.
Yankee fan 1: Sorry, I couldn't hear you, Indians fan. The wheel of my victory chariot must have been lodged in your windpipe.
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Used to express generally positive feelings or outcomes (1). Can also be used to praise, and commend (2).
Precise background and history not known, though it is frequently paired with other ghetto terms such as platinum (3). From this, it can be inferred that this term
Used to express generally positive feelings or outcomes (1). Can also be used to praise, and commend (2).
Precise background and history not known, though it is frequently paired with other ghetto terms such as platinum (3). From this, it can be inferred that this term
1. "I won the lottery! Money in the bank!"
2. "You railed her ass and she didn't complain? Money in the bank!"
2. "You railed her ass and she didn't complain? Money in the bank!"
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