IRS rules are ambiguous but I would assume, perhaps incorrectly, that the puts are substantially identical since they both profit if XYZ drops....
Geez, that's an obvious answer. I should have thought of that. Now all I have to do is find some cheapie option to buy and and get a fill. Thx
I thought of that possibility but there are two problems. - I don't want the new BTO position - Isn't the BTO creating a wash sale violation...
With a higher delta, the $160 call will make more dollars than a $162 call if the stock goies from $160 to $163. However, the $162 call will have...
I've used options for 30+ years but I've never experienced this situation. I have 3 different worthless long and short OTM Jan puts that I...
There's an arb available if the time premium of an ITM put is less than the dividend. Here's a simple hypothetical example: XYZ is $40 Sep $45...
Yes, pending dividends are reflected in the option premiums (puts increase and calls decrease). OK, you have seen many of your ITM short calls...
How do you figure a very small profit if called away? You received a $21+ premium plus 70 cents of appreciation to strike. Also, BABA doesn't pay...
Either I'm on a different page than you or I don't understand your reference to my comment. The statement by ET180 that I disagree with was: >...
Your broker's information is wrong. To be eligible for the dividend, you must buy the stock at least two business days before the date of record....
I don't agree. If there is time premium left, it's thrown away by the owner who exercises the call. In addition, there's no profitable arb by...
About 7% of options are exercised and I would expect that other than near the ex-div date. more of them happen near expiration than before. The...
With selling covered calls and the synthetic equivalent of selling short puts, two old expressions come to mind: - It's like collecting pennies...
Coincidentally, I just came across this explanation on Stack: As an analogy, consider people betting on an (American) football game between Team...
+1 for the pic but a better one from "Trading Places" is the last scene of the movie when she waves from the yacht as she's sailing past the beach...
Applicable to: "to someone who has never heard the word and has no desire to learn about them." Sticking with the ag suggestions, how about...
I'm going to assume that these are standard BMY options not the adjusted ones with the cash and contingent value right attached. If so then your...
Is that some sort of new fangled 201k plan ??? :D
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I can't source it but I agree with you that long dated options more expensive now. When LEAPs were introduced nearly 30 years ago, they were...
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