This is the process of satisfying put exercise or call assignment. In either case, stock is delivered.
In the case of indexes, delivery involves the transfer of cash equal to the settlement value of the index minus the strike price of the options contract.
See also: Options Assignment, Automatic Exercise, American Style Option
This is basically a combination of Bull Spread and Bear Spread. The main feature of this strategy us that your risk is fixed and your upside/profit is capped. Selling options with the same strike price and also buying options with the same expiration months, but higher and lower strike prices. Generally, the butterfly is in…
My name is Chris Corwin Gayle and I am a trader and Trading System developer. The purpose of this article is to break down the concept of Unusual Options Activity into simple language and show you exactly how to use it profitably. There are numerous sources online that are just outright misrepresenting what UOA is…
The point at which a strategy produces no profit and no loss.
A Calendar spread is when you sell an option and buy another one with a more distant expiration date. This can be created with either puts or calls. For example, let’s say you wanted to play Netflix with calendar spread because you figure that the stock has dropped too far too quickly and will bounce…
A Box Spread is simply a combination of two vertical spreads. These spreads are used by professional Options traders who are trying to take advantage of a situation where the cost of the spreads (both verticals) is less than what the verticals would be worth when they expire. They consider this to be a type…
These are options contract with no intrinsic value. A Call option is OTM when the strike price is above the current market price. A Put option is out-of-the-money when their strike price is below the current market price of the current market price. You should also check out In The Money Options & At the…
