On the day of ex-dividend you can already unload the stock. Ex-dividend merely means the day that is too late to buy the stock and get the...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All what I meant was to add that if "you" want to buy the...
You're fine if you own the underlying stock, and they would likely take the dividend away from you. (It could depend upon if the specialists, who...
Reply to Madgenius The difference you made is a good point--only a bit theoretical. I subscribed to a service ("Ex-dividend") to find the...
Response to Don87109: The ask price to buy calls long fully factors in the dividend, the bid price sometimes does and partially. What you...
I know people doing options for over 20 years who never knew of this. Nowadays, people do market scans and find the best option plays, and end up...
It is partially factored in. The justification given is because the next day the stock will open up at a lower price, parallel to the amount of...
Correction: T+1 merely means the amount of time for settlement, for non-dividend purposes. E.g. ex-dividend is 3 business days before settlement...
I wasn't suggesting early exercise in general is a problem.
I should have mentioned here that call credit spreads would not be prudent advice in the case of MO, as it is a dividend paying stock, and early...
Knew one to me. Thanks
I think you mean European style options as found on index options, as they cannot be exercised early.
If the calls you wrote go in-the-money just before ex-dividend, and you don't have the underlying stock, it is common for the calls to be...
If called early, it will probably to capture the dividend, and you won't get the $.80. They stand to do this right before ex-dividend date. I...
Have you tried condors for option strategies? (IF done properly, my understanding is this can offer some of the better option plays out there in...
The company I mention offers a choice between Direct Access platform or regular web platform, and they offer the same $.65 per contract rate for...
Other than saying it is not IB, no more guessing games.
I was offered a deal for $.65 per equity option contract but with a minimum monthly volume of 25k contracts. Although I do only about 5k...
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