Questions tagged [call-options]
A call option is a contract giving the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy a specified amount of an underlying security at a pre-determined price within a specified time frame. Related tags are icall-options, options, options-assignment, option-exercise and should be used when appropriate.
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DOW Mini Futures Options Liquidity - Symbol YM
I am trading on the Interactive Brokers TWS platform. That is the name of the broker and the platform they offer that I use. I have noticed that there is almost no liquidity on the YM Mini option ...
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Breakeven for debit spread
How are the Max Gain and Break Even calculated here on Fidelity?
I thought the breakeven would be the strike price of the long call plus the net debit: $16 + $6.03 = $22.03
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Why call options are more profitable compared to stock trading?
I am having a hard time trying to understand why buying call options are more profitable (if you predict the market right), compared to selling & buying stocks right away. Let me explain my ...
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Option breakeven
If a 50 call is sold for a $4 premium (exclude commission for this illustration), the buyer's breakeven on the trade is 54 (i.e. 50+4). Correct? As the seller of that call, is it correct to calculate ...
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selling covered calls below my average cost
I have this stock more than 2 yrs and wont go up , I am planning to sell covered calls all my shares just to return my capital ... example my average cost is 5 and I am planning to sell it at a strike ...
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Finance: replicating portfolio for a European option
The replicating portfolio for a European call option involves a long position in
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IV applied to Buying Vs. Selling Option Contracts!
Is low IV (Implied Volatility) good for selling or buying options?
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ITM Option Expiration
Why can't I wait until the last minute before close of trading on expiration day to sell an ITM call option I am long? Why must the broker sell it 1 hour before close? What is the risk to the broker ...
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If I sell to close an ITM call option days before expiration, am I liable for any call outs?
If I sell to close an ITM call option days before expiration, am I liable for any call outs?
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Why is simply buying an in-money-call and a lower strike price put near an event date a good low-risk high-reward strategy?
My premise is that buying both an in-money-call and an lower strike price put near an event date, is perhaps, one of the better low-risk high-reward strategy.
Why? If the stock moves significantly ...
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'Inversion' of option chain: calls are more expensive than puts above the strike price! GME
Over the past two days there has been a weird phenomena on GameStop's options where the call options are more expensive than the put options above the strike price. I would have imagined that some ...
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How to estimate or determine leverage from strike price on ITM call option?
In this text 4x leverage is mentioned:
"ITM call options have a strike (X) below spot price (S). ITM call
option position is determined by aiming for ~4x leverage. The position
size is set at 33%...
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What's the negative about buying contracts 1 month out when scalping options? (Is it buying same day or 2-3 day contracts are way cheaper?)
What's the negative about buying contracts 1 month out when scalping options? (Is it buying same day or 2-3 day contracts are way cheaper?) I don't want Theta to negatively affect my gains.
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What effects does a change in IV on the call side have on the put side?
In a European type options market, consider this scenario, where someone starts to buy call options very aggressively which increases call IV rapidly. At the same time, the underlying price remains ...
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Can I take profit in option trading if
If the current price of a stock is at 2000 and I take a call option buy at strike price 2100 weekly expiry with 80 ltp. Suppose now ltp increases by 5 points and yet the price does not go above 2100, ...
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How to value cash as a call option?
Recently came across this article regarding Warren Buffett's biographer from 2012:
“This is one of the most important things I learned from him: the optionality of cash. He thinks of cash as a call ...
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Do I need to worry about dividends when trading credit spreads?
I trade in the options market, mostly with vertical credit spreads. If one of my underlyings has a dividend coming up, does that affect my holdings? My guess is that the short and long position would ...
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Is there any difference between placing a "buy & sell call option" & "buy & sell put option"?
I have attached two Options order charts.
Max profit & loss are the same. But one (put) costs less than the other (call).
Is there any real difference between these two orders? Is there any real ...
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What is the Arbitrage opportunity and strategy here?
Suppose that the current stock price is €100, the exercise price is €100, the annually compounded interest rate is 5 percent, the stock pays a €1 dividend in the next instant, and the quoted call ...
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Long ratio put spread versus call strategy for stock of ABC company
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Long ratio put spread versus call strategy for ABC company
Current market price:$639, view: moderately bearish
Buy 2 February 630 Puts@ 35.00
Sell 1 February 660 Put@ 52.00
Sell 2 February 690 ...
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What is the downside for covered call options?
What is the downside of selling covered calls on the stocks or ETFs you own that have appreciated significantly from their original purchase price?
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Does, buying a put involve someone to sell a call?
Does, buying a put involve someone to sell a call ?.
When a trade to buy put is made from one side does it means someone is selling a call from other side. ?
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What happens to the 100 shares if someone "sell to close" their call option position?
Allow me to explain.
Let's say I sell 1 covered call and receive the premium. When I sell a call, I am assuming that someone on the other end would have bought my call (say Nora).
If the share price ...
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option best ask doesn't move unless I place an order lower than the best ask
as in the picture.Before I placed an order.The best ask was 0.35 and did not move at all.This option's volume was very low.
And then I placed a 0.30 sell order, size was 73.
Suddenly the best ask size ...
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When are premiums received for selling covered calls/naked puts realized?
For example, if I were to buy 100 shares in APPL today and sell a covered call option with an expiration year of 2022, would the premium that I receive be realized upon sale or when the option expires ...
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Calculating put-call ratio when volume is @0
So i have to do a put-call ratio plot. However i have to decide between using open interest and volume to calculate PCR. But in our data, the volume for some put/call options are 0. Is there a way to ...
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Near expiration call options
Suppose I buy a call option for a stock (current price is $5) for $500 and a $0.5 strike price that expires in a year. The year is almost up (say its the last day 3 hours before expiration), the stock ...
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How does expiration/assignment work in synthetic covered call
What happens if I let a short call expire worthless on a synthetic long stock I've purchased.
Here's my scenario.
Bought a CALL @ 870 and sold a PUT @ 870 both expiring in 177 days. Also sold a CALL @ ...
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How much LEAPS can lose with deep in-the-money strike price?
This is the scenario. The current price of a stock is $100. I buy a CALL $50 strike that expires in 2 years contract for $10,000. An year later the price of the stock drops to $80 and float around ...
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Covered call buy-to-close using sale of underlying?
If I write a covered call, my account will be long the underlying and short a call. Say I withdraw the premium from my brokerage account and spend it, invest it elsewhere, etc.
If I want to later sell ...
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Why ATM Call Options have larger negative theta compare to OTM and ITM?
Why do ATM Call Options have larger negative theta?
For the same ATM Call Options, why smaller expiration, the more negative the theta?
Can someone provide intuitions or explanations?
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How to manage covered call position when stock price goes down
So let's say you have a position like this
bought 100 shares of XYZ at $50
sold 1 covered call at $55 strike, received a premium of $2
stock price goes down to $35
now premiums for strike prices ...
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Selling Covered Calls p/l
I recently entered the options trading market to start generating a passive income on stocks I intend to keep for the foreseeable future.
I entered a position on a pharma play with 100 stocks @ $2.70 ...
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Short options trade ITM assignment criteria
Can someone please explain something about the option spreads? How come this broker is not exercising these short options in this video as they are deep in the money?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Writing call options, when do I receive premium?
I own 100 shares of a stock and I would like to get into writing covered calls.
I'm just curious:
If I write a contract, do I immediately receive payment for it from my broker? Or do I have to wait ...
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May I get more than the strike price difference when roll up an ITM call option?
I have an in-the-money call option that expires shortly and I see further upward potential of the underlying stock, so I decide to roll over to a longer expiration date.
Now, if I choose to roll up to ...
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(Stock)/Option Positions
I'm studying for my SIE, and I have a question along the lines of Difference between naked put, covered put, protective put. Can someone help me fill in my "??"'s?
"Long (stock)/Long ...
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What will be the impact of time decay on Options Premium?
Let's say you have bought a July Nifty CE or PE in June at Rs. 250 premium. Can you explain how its premium will change over time if nifty increases/decreases towards your strike price?
Basically I ...
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How does strike price and assignments work
At the beginning of the week, a stock is $45. A one week $50 call is purchased. On Wednesday the stock fluctuates between $44 and $55, closing at $49.
What price info is used to calculate if an ...
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Owning OTM Calls on a company that was acquired
I own 10 $stay calls exp 7/18 but they were purchased this week and the ticker no longer exists. Am I screwed? I can't find anything online.
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Option chain with nil bid quantity and price
Let's assume I bought a call option ABC CE @.50 and now its value is @.10. There is no bid price or bid quantity. Am I able to sell the option at @.10 anyway?
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If I short an option and the buyer exercises the contract, what will happen?
Let's say that I'm on TDAmeritrade. I short a call option to collect a premium. I also own 100 shares of the same stock in the same account.
In a week, the option is in-the-money and the buyer ...
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Should I sell to open or sell to close
If I have inherited stocks through employer provided stocks (RSU). I haven't ever placed a "Buy to open" trade.
If I want to sell a CALL option and place a trade (say current stock price is $...
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Who are the non-speculative buyers of futures options?
I am trying to understand who would be a non-speculative buyer of options contracts on futures. There are a plenty of descriptions of how options work online, but mostly they omit this crucial part of ...
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Taxes when exercising an option (not ISO)
Nearly all of the information that I can find online on option exercise and taxes are related to employee stock options, where you do get taxed on the gain (even if on paper) between the strike price ...
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Strange call options price in Germany?
Disclaimer: I'm a beginner in the options world, didn't do any trades yet, just researching.
Today I looked at call options prices for BMW. On HSBC site I found this call option with expiration date ...
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How to buy 100 shares when exercising call option
I recently got into options, and I'm a bit confused on how to exercise my contracts.
I have an in the money contract. I understant that if I sell to close, I sell the contract at its current price, ...
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Covered call help
I sold a covered call and received the premium right away.
Question is the call now is the money and my total return shows negative. If when this call gets called away or close by expiration date does ...
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Buying an Option with a premium lower than the Bid Price
For a share trading at $272, I placed an order to buy an option with Strike Price at $275. The Ask is $10 and The Bid is $9. I entered at $9.10 with expiration in Sep. The order has not been filled ...
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Can option writers "buy to close" if holders refuse to sell?
I am new to option trading.
How do we know an option is ITM on the expiration date when the underlying asset price could fluctuate throughout the day?
If we short a call/put, understand that we &...
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