Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underlying

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The result was redirect to Derivative (finance). TigerShark (talk) 02:03, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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This is hardly a separate topic for an article. The underlying of an options strategy is usually stocks, futures, or bonds, and we already have articles for all of those. All incoming links to this article should be redirected to those pages as context requires.

I've traded short options for years now, and I've never considered the subject of this article as a separate topic. TraderCharlotte (talk) 01:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Finance and Economics. TraderCharlotte (talk) 01:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• The current article is a catastrophe for the general reader. It's only got three paragraphs: The first says explicitly "the underlying of a derivative is an asset". The second says explicitly "An underlying ... is not the asset". And there is no sourcing. I'd suggest replacing the current article with a redirect to Derivative_(finance) which mentions and defines the underlying in the second sentence of its lead. But I have no prejudice against someone recreating this article if they have sourcing and something useful to say. Wikipedia is for general readers, who need help in understanding concepts that seasoned professionals may regard as trivial. Elemimele (talk) 06:06, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 01:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect per Elemimele as the article makes no sense. Mccapra (talk) 05:08, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Disambiguate. There are multiple meanings of "Underlying", and I doubt that the financial meaning is the first one that comes to mind for the average reader. BD2412 T 04:36, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 08:54, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Derivative (finance). The concept of an underlying is really part of the definition of a derivative, so it it is probably best explained in that article. Alternatively, this article can be kept if anyone has ideas for expanding it with more information. As Elemimele says, the fact that this concept is trivial for a specialist does not mean that it should be deleted. Part of Wikipedia's job is to explain concepts for non-specialists. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 04:03, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.