The profit from the call premium is a short term capital gain. No taxable event occurred with the underlying in this scenario.
While I was looking at the list, I found myself wanting to sort descending by total % and volume to see which stocks were up the most for the day...
Feature request? Make the columns sortable by clicking the column header?
Looking at the 3/19 put options on XLF and KBE and it looks like most of the options for KBE have a higher IV. I'm kind of surprised by that...
Any thoughts on the airline ETF: JETS? Seems to me if you are willing to hold this long enough, it could be a double. Question is how long? I...
I just bought a bunch of mid stream MLPs and a couple E&P MLPs. Names like: PAA, EPD, SXL, MEMP, RRMS, NTI, ETP, KMI, UAN, ENBL, MPLX. You might...
When they discover gold or oil on the moon. TT
The closest thing to the holy grail is.... dollar cost averaging into a diversified portfolio with dividend re-investment...preferably in an...
To me the earnings report doesn't look that bad, but the market doesn't agree. The issuance of new shares and sharing of additional profits with...
Earnings release tonight/tomorrow morning. Anyone else still in this one? TT
It's basically the same line of work right? TT
Stock has been moving up the last couple days. We should see some action regarding the convertible bond soon. TT
Thanks again for the reply. I just wanted to make sure I properly understood my risk in selling the calls before I got the shares assigned. TT
Thanks for the reply. So the price at the exact close is used to determine assignment not some after hours price? In theory I could end up with...
Last week, I sold a $51 put on the XOP ETF. Today about about 30 seconds before the close I went ahead and sold the $51 call that expires next...
Wow! Hilarious! (although not for the company I'm sure). I'm curious to see how that plays out.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think IB might. I bought back a short option position that was about to expire and didn't get charged a commission. The...
Looks like those 400K Feb 20th $215s are toast. It will take a 2.5% rally to get those in the money. I don't see it happening in a single day. TT
Just to update. These have been delisted to the pink sheets. Now trading under symbol WHXT.
I'm taking a shot at this, but I'm buying the Feb 27th $215 calls. My thinking is the S&P 500 may stall out around 2150 ($215 SPY) and close below...
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