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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how do in the money options work
if i buy a call with a strike price below the current market price, could I sell it immediately for a profit? How does a strike price below the current market price work.
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What is the effect of a short stock position on the value of an option?
I'm reading the book "Option Volatility and Pricing" by Natenberg and there is a paragraph I'm having trouble understanding.
Chapter 7 (Risk Measurement 1), Page 98, Paragraph 2:
The value of a ...
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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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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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Is there limit on number of Covered Calls Transactions?
I have 100 shares of XYZ.
I felt today it’s going to be Bearish Trend, so I opened a position, STO call at $10.00 (2 Weeks Expiry). Next day premium value is $5.00 and it’s going to be Bullish again. ...
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why volatility increases price for ITM call options?
Similar questions have been asked here, but I'm not able to find this exact question. For a European call option, if it's very in-the-money, wouldn't a higher volatility decrease the probability it ...
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Suggestion to recover from a bad naked call
I sold a Jan 2026 CRWD $140 Call, and now the price skyrocket to 235 (I know, bad move)
How do one usually get out of this situation?
Many thanks.
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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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Can you effectively reduce the cost of a long call on an index with a synthetic long and married put (e.g. replicate an XSP call using SPX options)?
Imagine you want to use periodic cashflows to purchase deep-in-the-money LEAPS (>1yr expiration calls) on SPX, but the size of the cashflows are too small to do so consistently (the cost of such a ...
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Can in-the-money covered calls be rolled indefinitely?
A bit of history:
I worked at a company that granted me a bunch of META shares. So my initial cost for these shares is $0. I have never actually traded options before in my life. I find myself in a ...
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Question about CC
I think I'm confused about parts of the CC process. If you're feeling charitable please help a brother out.
My understanding:
I buy 100 shares of ABC @ $25 (5 days duration)
Sell 1 CC contract of ABC ...
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Explaining equity being analogous to a call option and bonds being equivalent to a short put
I read this:
Equity in a corporation is essentially a call option on the enterprise
value (the sum of all the firm’s assets) with a strike price equal to
the firm’s debt. The firm’s bonds are a risk-...
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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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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
And the max gain would be ...
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Currency option case
I am a bit lost with understanding the naming used for holding positions in the currency options and their payoffs.
If I want to buy the European option with an amount of x USD (EUR put/ USD call), ...
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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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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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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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Finance: replicating portfolio for a European option
The replicating portfolio for a European call option involves a long position in
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Can you explain why this ...
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How not to pay taxes on covered call
I bought 100 shares of ESPO four months ago for $50 and sold a September 18 $62 covered call at Robinhood.
With the stock trading at $61.50, I think that it's likely that I will be assigned. I will ...
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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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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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How to sell a worthless option
I have a call option that will expire as worthless in January but I'd like to sell it now and realize the loss this year to lower this year's capital gains taxes.
I would be happy to dump it at $0.00 ...
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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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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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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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Can the purchaser of a stock call option cancel the contract?
Let's assume there's a company, XYZ, trading at $11/share today. I purchase a call option @ $15 for $0.05.
Do I need to keep funds in my account to satisfy the contract? I know my counter party ...
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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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Borrowing share with a covered call for short?
I was wondering if I could increase the premium from my long term hold by providing them to my broker as a short sale stocks?
My main question is that are there any implication on the fact that I ...
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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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Why would someone want to sell call options?
I'm having trouble understanding why someone would want to sell call options. For example, if the writer of a call option owned the shares and they expected the share price to fall, why wouldn't they ...
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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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At what time of day does time value fall off of a call option?
As days tick off of call options, time value decays. My question is does that happen automatically at 9:30AM at market open or does it get continuously deducted as the day ticks on?
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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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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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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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Why do people exercise call options at a loss?
I sold some call options for $2.55 premium at strike price of $130. At expiration, the market price was $130.55. I thought the option was not deep in the money and at a loss of $2, hence I didn't ...
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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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Future price == strike price in the future contract?
Assume a future contract specifies that the holder of the contract will need to buy corn from XYZ farm at £100 per tonne, 1 tonne. So total deal value when realizing this contract is £100.
We all ...
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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 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 ...