in the money
Rolling in dough
In the money describes a profitable position.
In options trading, it means the option has intrinsic value—a call option when the stock price exceeds the strike price, or a put option when it's below.
More broadly, in the money means having wealth or winning money: After that real estate deal, they were in the money.
In horse racing, finishing in the money means placing well enough to earn prize money.
- strike pricePredetermined option execution level
- put optionContract to sell later
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- expiration dateFinal day of validity
- intrinsic valueWorth independent of circumstance
big winner · call option · stock option · windfall · speculation · arbitrage · profitable · cash cow · golden parachute · hedging · bonus · premium · volatility · exercise · cash · winner · strike it rich · payday
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, go all in, high roller, jackpot
- racing termsbackstretch, checkered flag, daily double, dead heat, exacta
- success idiomsstrike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top, hit a home run
- stock optionsstock options, strike price, vesting, vesting schedule, ISO
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- wealthriches, wealth, fortune, affluence, prosperity
in the moneybroke
Lacking any funds
penniless · busted · flat broke · destitute · hard up
in the moneyout of the money
Below rewarded positions
also-ran · off the board · out of the running · shut out · lost
money, the, moneyed, coinage, monetary, moneymaking, moneys, moneyless, moneymaker