Mexico bought put options - contracts that give the holder the right to sell oil at a predetermined price.

墨西哥购买了看跌期权——令持有者有权以预订价格卖出石油的合约。

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In terms of options, the most common are called put (sell) and call (buy) options.

关于选择权，最常见的称为抛出(出售)和买进(购买)选择权。

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If the authority had to sell put options, it would have to allocate part of its reserves as liabilities against the options it sold.

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But put options are expensive, which is why some companies choose to sell call options to finance the purchase of their puts a strategy used by Ashanti.

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But if it cannot get that, it plans to sell out of Italenergia, dealing with the put options as best it can.

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