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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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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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