RE: Put options on gold price (I don't understand it)3 Dec 2024 08:47
A put option is the right to buy a commodity (either a physical one or an equity etc) for a certain price below the current price at a particular date in the future. Each put option costs a certain amount based on the markets perception of the likelihood of that price being reached. In this case, if the market thinks the gold price is highly likely to fall then each put option will be very expensive. On the other hand, if the market is reasonably confident the price of the commodity is going up then the option price will be low. Hope that makes sense.
Effectively it’s an insurance policy against the price of gold going down.