Option payoff chart
Find out and compare the total payout you would receive if you chose the lump sum or annuity option - followed by a payout chart displaying all 30 annuity payments. To use our Powerball calculator, just type in the advertised jackpot amount and select your state and the calculator will do the rest. Payoff for writing call options A call option gives the holder of the option the right to buy an asset by a certain date at a certain price. Hence, whenever a call option is written by the seller or writer it gives payoff of either zero since the call is not exercised by the holder of the option or the difference between strike price and stock price, whichever is minimum.