I keep getting assigned MARA!

Discussion in 'Trading' started by wxytrader, Aug 2, 2024.

  1. Selling puts carries less risk than just buying stocks because you are receiving premium to offset the risk.
     
    #11     Aug 2, 2024
  2. poopy

    poopy

    IKR?

    It's not a stop. Long stock + put = synthetic call. That's a stop. There is no "stoptionality" embedded in a short single, Bro.

    And yes, I just made up "stoptionality".
     
    #12     Aug 2, 2024
  3. I corrected my post to call it a dynamic stop. :)


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    Wait how does long stock, long put mimic a call option? If price goes down put goes up...but the call goes down.
     
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    #13     Aug 2, 2024
  4. poopy

    poopy

    You forgot the t.

    Anyway, a stop denotes inhibition of risk. Like a suicide inhibitor in biochem. It doesn't reduce activity; it stops it, mole for mole, until it is exhausted in the system.

    Long stock + put = synthetic call. Same risk.
     
    #14     Aug 2, 2024
  5. Sergio123

    Sergio123

    Are you getting assigned early and at what delta are your puts when you got assigned?

    Maybe I should get into the MARA trade. I can't hardly ever get early assigned in the tickers I am trading.
     
    #15     Aug 2, 2024
  6. I use $ more than delta...$0.80 minimum is the (Weekly) strike I pick. No early assignment, just @ expiry. It is usually around .40 to .55 delta. I always take the shares.
     
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    #16     Aug 2, 2024
  7. poopy

    poopy

    #17     Aug 2, 2024
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  8. That was percolating in my brain...t is time decay so the put emulates the time decay/extrinsic value of the long call!
     
    #18     Aug 2, 2024
  9. poopy

    poopy

    No, lol the "t" in StopTionality.

    But yes, you need to understand synthetics. W/o synthetics you're driving blind.
     
    #19     Aug 2, 2024
  10. poopy

    poopy

    The difference between a call and a put is shares. There are spread and combo synthetics as well as the singles.

    Shares + put = call
    short shares + call = put
     
    #20     Aug 2, 2024