How can I excercise a put or call option?

Question by likehown: How can I excercise a put or call option? For example, I want to buy a call less than a month before it expires. The stock goes up beyond the strike price on the day of the expiration. I appear to have 2 choices, excercise it for the stock or sell the [...]

Is there a difference between exercising a Call Option and Selling to Close an Option?

Question by Gary from So Cal: Is there a difference between exercising a Call Option and Selling to Close an Option? Best answer: Answer by Homer J. SimpsonAbsolutely. when you exercise an American option early, you pay the exercise price and get the underlying asset (i.e., gold, stocks, corn, or whatever) in return. If you [...]

Can I exercise a put option with stocks I bought years ago?

Question by bobby: Can I exercise a put option with stocks I bought years ago? Say I bought 100 shares of XYZ stock a year ago…and I just bought a put option today for next month. Can I exercise this put option with these shares of XYZ? Thank you for your advice. Best answer: Answer [...]

What happens after i buy my call option?

Question by : What happens after i buy my call option? So after i but my option and buy the contracts what happens afterward. Do i need to have the stocks to buy a call option? How do i make money after i buy it. I go to my broker and say what? Best answer: [...]

Is it it optimal to exercise put option before maturity?

Question by Abdullah: Is it it optimal to exercise put option before maturity? It’s never optimal to exercise call option before maturity. But what about put option? Is it it optimal to exercise put option before maturity and why? Best answer: Answer by Varasamy SOnly if you want to acquire the stock, and it has [...]

how do i buy a put option for a stock that i believe will drop in price?

Question by jemediah: how do i buy a put option for a stock that i believe will drop in price? example- i believe stock xyz, which is currently trading at , will drop to on september 21. what exaclty takes place if i buy the put option. how does expiration date work and how would [...]

If I purchase an option with IRA money, can I cash it in in the money in less than 3 days?

Question by skahhh: If I purchase an option with IRA money, can I cash it in in the money in less than 3 days? Does unsettled funds come in to play in options trading with IRA accounts? Best answer: Answer by OPMIt should not because firms that permit options require margin accounts to be used, [...]

option trading question?

Question by TheStreetTrader: option trading question? ok so i know that an options price moves because of volatility in it… how do you figure all this out?? what the volatility is at the moment and what it may be a few days from now???? also is volume volatility?? if so i see on yahoo finance [...]

How do I show certain options in a drop down box after selecting an option in a previous drop down box?

Question by bobbyUSA: How do I show certain options in a drop down box after selecting an option in a previous drop down box? I need to have 2 drop down boxes… The first one will show a list of options, but the second one will only show certain options depending on which value was [...]

Stock Option Greeks, Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega

optionstockmarket.com options trading, what is the greeks, what does delta, gamma, theta, vega mean? learn about it in this video Video Rating: 4 / 5

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