Question

You are an RR at a firm and one of your customers calls you up and informs you that she wishes to exercise a long listed option that she currently holds. To whom would your firm present such an exercise order?

Answer 1

The correct answer is: The firm would present the order to the Options Clearing Corporation.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Options Clearing Corporation or OCC works under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and acts as a guarantor and the issuer of options and futures contracts. The OCC is also in charge of clearing transactions for stock indexes, interest rate composites, and foreign currencies.