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All I've been practicing with selling covered calls. The issue is that on the virtual trade account every time i make a sale it seems to cost more than just the commission. For example, if i sold a JPM sept11 30 Call @ 1.00 and it costs $15 for commission it would show up on my account as if...

I recently got into learning about options trading and am using a virtual trade simulator to practice some strategies. There is one thing i dont understand though. When I sell a covered call I see a debit (more than the commission fee) on my account (by debit i mean decrease). It seems like...