johno....sorry, i am skipping around a bit. i guess the main reason for the question on early exercise was the risk it brings to short options...
good list....thanks. i see your point about exercising early and losing out on the time value component. am i being too worreid about...
"Most cash settled indicies (SPX, XEO, DJX, RUT, VIX et. al) are european exercise (no early exercise). ", what are XEO, DJX, RUT, etc? are...
thx, thegazelle, that is interesting to learn. i have put on credit spreads on equities without knowing this important fact! how are options...
can options on stock or stock indices ever be excercised prior to the expiration date under any circumstances? i have been trading options...
OK...so how close to that short strike are you willing to let it get before finding the need to do something. (i ask becuase i ALWAYS feel the...
would that bull put spread be intiated with the same months' expiration? and would that technically be an iron condor then?
thanks. i see what you are saying about closing early to take advantage of time premium, but that same time premium in the long leg would also...
i have recently begun trading option credit spreads. on one occasion recently, i unloaded both short and long options becuase the underlying's...
thanks for the replies. i agree with the assessments; also the other reason i have been hesitant to use stops is that even if the underlying...
anyone?
OK...I've begun moving into options trading from equities and have a question about using stop loss orders on options. (I use them every trade...
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