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With the stock at $175, a novice trader buys 1 call option:

  • Option Price: $20

  • Strike Price: $200

  • Expiry: December 15, 2020

  • Cost: $4,000

He wants to SELL TO CLOSE the option on December 1st, 2020 end of day for whatever the market price.

I looked at this list of order types. What order type should the trader choose?

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The following order type is from etrade Powertrade. Will this serve the purpose?

The Duration available in the form are:

  • Good For the Day
  • Good Until Cancelled
  • Good Until Date
  • On the Open
  • On the Close
  • Immediate or Cancel
  • Fill Or Kill

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Limit orders (buy, sell, buy stop, and sell stop) allow an investor to buy and sell securities at a certain price in the future.

Some brokers offer complex conditional orders that allow application of logical conditions (greater than, less than, equal to) to a combinations of variables such as price, time in force (day, GTC), volume, margin cushion, trade and percentage change, and the value of other securities.

I have never seen one that offers the ability to buy or sell on a predetermined date in the future.

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  • I updated the original post with a screenshot from etrade Powertrade order types. The duration selected is GTD (Good Till Date).
    – wonderful world
    Jun 20, 2020 at 19:51
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    All of those orders in your update are Time In Force orders. They specify that your order is good for right now, for the day, until a date in the future, etc. but none of them specify that the order be filled on such and such date.
    – Bob Baerker
    Jun 20, 2020 at 22:41
  • Does that mean if an order is created with first three options, the order will be executed immediately as soon as the market opens?
    – wonderful world
    Jun 20, 2020 at 23:04
  • All of those orders in your update are Time In Force orders. They specify that your order is good for right now, for the day, until a date in the future, etc. but none of them specify that the order be filled on such and such date.
    – Bob Baerker
    Jun 21, 2020 at 2:31

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