Timeline for Why would someone want to sell call options?
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| Sep 19, 2019 at 17:25 | comment | added | David Schwartz | You can think of every stock you hold including a lottery ticket to big profits if the stock happens to go up a lot. Not everyone wants lottery tickets and if you wind up holding one you don't want, it makes sense to sell it to someone else who does want one. | |
| Feb 20, 2018 at 17:06 | comment | added | Keith | This is the best answer and also corresponds correctly to why options where originally introduced into the stock market IMO. | |
| Jul 10, 2017 at 14:38 | history | edited | D Stanley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 10, 2017 at 14:32 | history | answered | D Stanley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |