According to the Group of 30 Report, option contracts:
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Always generate credit risk to both counterparties
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Create credit risk only for the buyer (due to default by the seller) provided the premium is due, and paid, at contract initiation
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Create no credit risk, since the buyer need not exercise the option
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Usually create credit risk only for the seller (to default by the buyer)