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    May 3, 2023

    Options Expiration vs. Exercising Options: Common Misconceptions

    If you have spent any time researching trading schools or trading signal services, you undoubtedly have come across many that claim that buying options is a proposition that loses up to 90% of the time and thus you should always take the other side and sell options.  Sound great right?  Problem is that these claims […]

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    February 27, 2020

    A Common Misconception When It Comes To Option Expiration and Option Exercise

    If you have spent any time researching trading schools or trading signal services, you undoubtedly have come across many that claim that buying options is a proposition that loses up to 90% of the time and thus you should always take the other side and sell options.  Sound great right?  Problem is that these claims […]

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    February 6, 2020

    A Common Misconception When It Comes To Option Expiration and Option Exercise

    If you have spent any time researching trading schools or trading signal services, you undoubtedly have come across many that claim that buying options is a proposition that loses up to 90% of the time and thus you should always take the other side and sell options.  Sound great right?  Problem is that these claims […]

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    November 5, 2019

    What To Do When You Get Assigned On An Option

    A short option, regardless of whether it’s a call or put, can be assigned at any time regardless if the option is in or out of the money.  When selling a put, the seller is contractually giving the right for the put owner to sell or “put” them stock at a given price (Strike Price) in […]

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    October 16, 2019

    A Common Misconception When It Comes To Option Expiration and Option Exercise

    If you have spent any time researching trading schools or trading signal services, you undoubtedly have come across many that claim that buying options is a proposition that loses up to 90% of the time and thus you should always take the other side and sell options.  Sound great right?  Problem is that these claims […]

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    July 29, 2019

    The Distinction Between Exercising and Being Assigned An Option

    When an option is converted to an underlying stock position, there are two categories, exercise and assignment. An options assignment, you have no control over.  This happens when you are short an option (or short a leg of an option spread) and the buyer of that option exercises his or her right to get long […]

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    June 19, 2019

    Expiration Trading Can Be a Harrowing Experience

    Trading expiring options can be a challenge.  There is a finality to when that bell rings at 3 pm on Friday.  It is either going to become underlying stock or it simply goes away.  It can cause a lot of anxiety for new traders (and perhaps some seasoned ones) if they do not properly assess […]

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    May 3, 2019

    Expiration Trading Can Be a Harrowing Experience

    Trading expiring options can be a challenge.  There is a finality to when that bell rings at 3 pm on Friday.  It is either going to become underlying stock or it simply goes away.  It can cause a lot of anxiety for new traders (and perhaps some seasoned ones) if they do not properly assess […]

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