What happens to naked calls when BBBY files for bankruptcy?

Discussion in 'Options' started by GoogTgt, Jan 27, 2023.

  1. TheDawn

    TheDawn

    GME was about to go bankrupt too with its stock trading as low as 90 cents at one point, look at it now and look how high it increased to at one point. Imagine you had ITM call options (which is what you have) when the price of GME was at $400+!! And your option is naked which means you have zero protection when a meteoric price rise happens. Oh well we will see what happens. This will be an interesting lesson for all of us.
     
    Last edited: Jan 28, 2023
    #11     Jan 28, 2023
  2. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    you referring to the fact that he doesn’t understand call options or how bankruptcy/delistings work?
     
    #12     Jan 28, 2023
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  3. GoogTgt

    GoogTgt

    I can just buy the calls back when calls goes to 0 when BBBY files for bankruptcy right, instead of waiting for 2 years?
     
    #13     Jan 28, 2023
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  4. GoogTgt

    GoogTgt

    I am going to hedge the calls by buying a Jan 2025 $15 call which is like $.29 since you guys are strongly suggesting against naked calls. So my loss is capped at $13k which l can live with. If I lose 13k so be it, I'll take my chances.
     
    #14     Jan 28, 2023
  5. mervyn

    mervyn

    the thing is with this 2 year hedge you only take home small amount, risk reward ratio doesn’t make sense, return is not great. I closed all bbby and calls positions when the bad news broke early at a lost.
     
    #15     Jan 28, 2023
  6. qwerty11

    qwerty11

    They will probably be exercised within a few days so question is largely irrelevant...
     
    #16     Jan 28, 2023
  7. GoogTgt

    GoogTgt

    Why would anyone give up the time value of 2 years and exercise? Just curious.
     
    #17     Jan 28, 2023
  8. mervyn

    mervyn

    unlikely the stock be delisted anytime soon, hence the option chain will be listed still, even with no value.
     
    #18     Jan 28, 2023
  9. TheDawn

    TheDawn

    You still didn't understand what everybody is telling you. The issue is not buying the calls back when they fall to 0. If the option's value is already at zero, there is no need anymore to buy it back anymore; you would've earned all of the premiums that you sold the calls for. LOL The issue is what happens when the calls' price goes up to $100+ or $77+ (the highest value that BBBY has ever reached) within this two-year period. Imagine that you would need to buy them back at $100 or at its former peak of $77 or hold them until their expiration risking them going even higher at expiration. You only assume that BBBY will bankrupt soon but what it if gets taken over and gets a second life?
     
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    #19     Jan 28, 2023
  10. qwerty11

    qwerty11

    I guess you noticed yourself for how much time value you sold those? That would be 0.00 for sure...
     
    #20     Jan 28, 2023