moneyness

  1. Noun.  (context, derivative securities) The degree to which a derivative security is in the money, because of the relationship of the price of the underlying security to a conversion price or exercise price.
  2. Noun.  (context, economics) The degree to which an asset approximates cash in its ready liquidity and the low transactions costs in realizing that liquidity.

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