Which of the following statements are true? There are several, select all that are correct. Consider each statement on its own separate from the others listed.

When the current stock price is below the the strike price, a call option is said to be in$-$the$-$ money.

The market value of an option depends in part on the option's time to maturity and on the variability of the underlying stock's price.

An American option's price always will be greater than $($or equal to$)$ its exercise value.

stockholders' equity is analogous to a call option

The strike price of an option is sometimes called the exercise price

An option is a contract that gives the seller the right to buy $($or sell$)$ an asset at some predetermined price within a specified period of time