American option

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An American option is an option which one can exercise at any point until it expires, which is hence a deal more valuable and less flaky than a European option, being one you can exercise only at expiry. There are complicated mathematical charts that could explain this for you. Let me Google that for you

See also

• European option
• Belgian dentist