Fidelity says this: In the absence of any instructions from you, we will exercise any in-the-money options that remain in your account on...
Yeah, I mentioned that once in a thread and claimed to have seen it but was shot down that it would never happen.
Thanks MTE. I'm still relatively new to options and have been using them to increase gains on stock holdings. I hadn't thought about buying the...
I'm not sure I follow. Do you mean the cost to carry for the one day to be recorded for the dividend?
That makes sense. I guess when you buy options, you should pay attention as well. Exercise when dividend is greater than premium. Thanks, Ray
This morning I was assigned on Aug 22 MSFT calls. I wasn't expecting to be assigned. Anyone know why I might have been? I think there was about...
You might want to have a look at static, annual and max profit potentials of the particular options. Those numbers in relation to what I think the...
Not on NOK. Sold calls yester bought them back today. And... today is a good day to sell more calls. - Ray
Nope, no edge. Just a belief in mean reversion.
Can you take advantage of OPRA over the internet? A quick glance at the documents seems to indicate that you need a connection to the National...
+1 on the thanks!
I cast chicken bones. Much more effective than trying to catch postman. I mostly sell time premium. I use the the knee jerk reactions during...
I find that options give me better metrics to work with than a stock by itself does. I can get a better feeling for risk, reward and time frames....
I'm enjoying the conversation as well. Thanks for taking the time Mark. I am definitely a rookie and have learned a lot over the last month...
1) I don't think I'm mistaken. If I am than so is McMillan who also states "if the option begins to trade at parity or a discount, there arises a...
CLF trading around 28.31 Short the Jun 24 call bid 4.60 ask 4.80 Thinking of rolling to the Jul 25 call bid 4.90 ask 5.10 I've seen the net...
I'm new to options and have some outstanding in the money covered calls coming due this month. I'm considering rolling the up and forward for a...
How is open interest used? I understand the definition and that you can't tell if the intrest is short or long which doesn't seem to tell you...
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks, Ray
I'm not sure I understand this. Can you explain further? Certainly shorting puts in a rising market is profitable, perhaps not as profitable as...
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