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duplicated
post Apr 7 2017, 04:25 PM

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Is there Options trading for Malaysian equities?
duplicated
post Apr 12 2017, 06:11 PM

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QUOTE(wongmunkeong @ Apr 11 2017, 05:04 PM)
Sell spreads aka verticals

Using your same example on FB:
Sell Put $140 1 contract
Buy Put $130 1 contract
= Margin required $10 spread *100

OR
Sell Put $140 1 contract
Buy Put $135 1 contract
= Margin required $5 spread *100
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I would like to ask a question as I am relatively new to Options. I have an idea but I am not sure if this will work.

Let's put it this way.
current price of the underlying stock is ~$100

Buy Call at $100
Buy Put at $100

At the end of the timeframe or in the middle of it, the price must have moved considerably away from the $100 (in any direction), hence making us profits.

My question is, is this feasible?
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post Apr 13 2017, 10:42 AM

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QUOTE(wongmunkeong @ Apr 12 2017, 07:08 PM)
hehe - think cost of time decay or Theta

When U BUY an option, U are buying the TIME + CONTRACTUAL RIGHT (extrinsic value)
As the time of the contract passes, what do U think will happen to the cost or premium of the option, assuming the underlying doesn't move?


ALSO - when U Buy an option AND don't have the $ to exercise the option (which is usually the case -100 units of FB, imagine) - how to make $?
U turn around & sell your option right?
By the time U sell your option, the contract DTE (Days to Expiry) is shorter than when U bought right?
So.. the value of the option, again assuming all else being the same like no movement in underlying, U can sell for higher or lower premium than your BUY cost?

If U can answer the above clearly, U will have answered your own Q whether feasible or not

Sorry ar - i usually ask Qs for clarity or leading one to find one's own answer coz i ain't no sifu, still big L (learner) plate notworthy.gif
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Thanks.

Regarding the bolded part. Doesn't the intrinsic value only lost when we have not purchased it. Once it is purchased it's not relevant anymore. Am I right?

In my case, I will buy at the beginning of the week/month and sell them when a profit in achieved (when the market has moves either way profitably).

 

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