What Is The Options Expiration Cycle?
The expiration cycle basically refers to the months available for a set of options. An example of an expiration cycle is March, June, September and December.
This is also known as the Strike Price, it is the price at which a call buyer can call/buy the underlying Stock/ETF or a put buyer can sell the underlying Stock/ETF See also: Options Exercise, Exercise Settlement Value, Automatic Exercise
A physical delivery option gives its owner the right to receive physical delivery (if it is a call), or to make physical delivery (if it is a put), of the underlying interest when the option is exercised.
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 best way for me to explain what you are seeing in a typical UOA trade is to show you an example of a typical trade and then break it down for you. The first thing you will probably notice in the image above is that one of the trades says “SWEEP DETECTED” and the…
This is when you sell Put options with the intention or to take delivery of the underlying shares. Cash is deposited in the account and, if the stock price falls to the strike price of the put option, you get the delivery of the shares into the account once the Options expire.
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