Help with a mistake

Discussion in 'Options' started by shnoon, Jul 2, 2018.

  1. At least it is in 1 lots. I remember years back creating a Sterling API on 500 shares.. about 20 stocks.... bad quotes loaded ... instant execution on about 8 stocks at the opening.. instant RED all over the screen.. funny thing (not so funny then) was I had a "ka-ching" sound upon execution... well,.. it was the right sound except the money flow was the wrong way :)
     
    #11     Jul 3, 2018
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  2. shnoon

    shnoon

    Thank you all for the advice! I managed to untangle the mess and escape with minimal losses! Lesson learned from now on.
     
    #12     Jul 3, 2018
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  3. JackRab

    JackRab

    It's not that messy really...

    c X p
    - 330
    + 335
    340 +
    345 -
    480 +
    - 485 -
    + 490

    That's a 340/345/485/490 IC

    And a 330/335/480/485 IC, but then long via the in-the-money's, since:

    - 330
    + 335
    480 +
    485 -

    is the same as:

    330 -
    335 +
    + 480
    - 485

    So... depending on what you wanted to do initially, to me it looks like in effect you only did a long IC (via ITM's) instead of a short IC...
     
    #13     Jul 4, 2018