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Vanilla options are simply a different way of trading currencies and commodities. With easyMarkets vanilla options, you are not charged rolling fees and can never be stopped out. Your risk is limited to your investment (the premium) in the position you have opened, whereas your potential profits are unlimited. Your positions can be closed at any time up to the expiration date.

No! There are similarities but many differences. Vanilla options are a professional trading instrument. Some examples include:

payouts – in binary options (if the trader wins) payout amounts are fixed, whereas with vanilla options the amount has no limit
expiry dates – vanilla options provide full flexibility and tailored by the trader however binary expiries are typical in minutes or even less
execution – our traders can exercise their option with no obligation at any time within the life of the contract, this is not the case for binary traders, who have no option once a contract is entered into.

Options are used to speculate on a variety of market characteristics such as future exchange rates and price volatilities, hedging and even contract time decay.