• Look-back

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    Origin

    from look + back.

    Full definition of look-back

    Noun

    look-back

    (plural look-backs)
    1. A look in a backward or retrospective manner; an additional or secondary look; a review.
      • 2008, JoAnne Schudt Caldwell, Comprehension Assessment:Standardized tests allow for students to engage in look-backs but, unfortunately, many students do not utilize this opportunity.

    Adjective

    look-back

    1. (attributive) Retrospective.
      • 2009, Don M. Chance, Robert Edwin Brooks, An Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management:Another interesting path-dependent option is the lookback option. A lookback call allows you to buy the asset at the lowest price and a lookback put allows you to sell it at the highest price attained during the life of the option.
      • 2011, Frans de Weert, Exotic Options Trading:The principle of a lookback option is to give the investor the maximum payoff based on perfect hindsight.

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