Do currency options work differently than stock options?

Question:

I've traded options before with US stocks and I understand that if I buy 1 contract for 100 shares priced at $.50 they are going to charge me $50 plus commission. Is that basically the same for forex? For example, I was looking at options on CME for EUR. One contract covers 125,000 of Euros. If I buy one contract at a price of .0010 do they charge my account $125 plus commission? Is that the most that I can lose on that position or am I somehow leveraged 50:1 like a regular forex trade and I can lose a lot more than $125?

Answer:
10 points does equal $125 - plus whatever commission and yes thats all you can lose when you purchase a cme option

No they dont, there is no commission only a spread. spreads are in pips and they have vanilla puts and calls, all strategies are acceptable and options work better in the forex than the stock market anyway. You must papertrade to answer your other questions. I suggest visiting

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mark m

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Do currency options work differently than stock options?

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