Callable bull/bear contract

A callable bull/bear contract, or CBBC in short form, is a derivative financial instrument that provides investors with a leveraged investment in underlying assets, which can be a single stock, or an index. CBBC is usually issued by third parties, mostly investment banks, but neither by stock exchanges nor by asset owners. It was first introduced in Europe and Australia in 2001, and it is now popular in United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Hong Kong. CBBC is actively traded among investors in Europe and Hong Kong, which is partially due to the fact that it can cater to individual investors' behavioral biases (like lottery preferences).[1]

  1. ^ Can financial innovation succeed by catering to behavioral preferences? Evidence from a callable options market, Journal of Financial Economics, 128(1): 38-65, April 2018. (by Xindan Li, Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, Xuewei Yang) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.01.010