Thanks for the note on the opening print. I should probably ask my brokerage about it. The dollars are small but something just doesn't look...
Thanks for the reply. I was happy to get $10.00 but just wanted to understand how these things work for future reference. This was only an...
I had a Good Until Canceled Limit order pending for several weeks at my brokerage. The security was a Closed End Municipal Bond fund with an...
Thanks Mark. I think you may have misunderstood my point. I was just stating than an ITM Call Holder at expiration better not be asleep at...
Mark - Thanks once again for your help. The Automatic Exercise now makes a lot of sense and I assume one has three days to settle the purchase....
Thanks Heech, Dagnyt, and SpinDr0 for your help. It is much appreciated. Shorting the stock to lock in the gain is a neat concept. I assume...
I'd like to understand how to exercise an In-The-Money Call at third Friday expiration and immediately sell the stock. I realize that many...
Yahoo Finance shows a volume of 6 calls last Friday for the April 35 2010 Calls. Last trade was $1.00. My spreadsheet shows the cash flow or...
Do these traders want to own the stock which is currently trading above strike, or sell it immediately to capture a gain? If they want to sell...
Mark, Thanks for the help. I have been selling covered calls successfully so am not a total newcomer. Currently I am long 400 shares of JNJ...
Here is a related question. Assume one is long a stock and they sold a covered call. The call is in-the-money. What is the situation if they...
Is this correct? Did you mean 90? If you sell a covered call at a strike price of 100, and the stock rises to 110, isn't the option buyer ten...
Thanks to all for the help. I have sold covered calls in the past but that was many years ago. My intent today would be to bring in extra...
Are In the Money Call Options only exercised at expiration? I just wondered if there are any cases where one could get exercised early....
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