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- From: rlcarr@animato.network23.com (Rich Carreiro)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Closing Options Trading...
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 09:23:05 EST
- Organization: The Other Side of Life
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- In article <1993Jan25.213505.9172@head-cfa.harvard.edu> ov@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Olaf Vancura) writes:
- > I have a couple of questions regarding options trading. Here's an
- > example. Let's say a buy an option to call XYZ corp. for $40; I own no
- > shares of XYZ. At some later time, XYZ is $50 a share. I wish to "close"
- > the deal, i.e. take my profits and bail out. Now I understand that I
- > could just exercise the option to buy at $40, and sell the shares at $50.
-
- No need to exercise. Just call your broker and tell him you are selling
- your options to close your position. That's it!
-
- If you exercise, you'll get bit for 2 commissions (buying the stock, then
- selling it). Sell the options, and you only get bit once.
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