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which would sort of equal what you'd get for the put, and probably less when you take div taxes into account (i'm just guessing, i haven't done the math). but you can't calculate this as a strategy that yields say 10% annualized, because, again unless you believe option prices in the series you...

as the previous poster said, to determine the chance of it being exercised you'd have to look at the time value the day before dividend. assuming time value is still 60 ct the day before dividend and the dividend is 66 cent, it would be pretty much a coin toss if you're asigned i'd think. every...

it really doesn't matter when someone bought what and what happened in the mean time. it's not rational for anybody whatever the circumstances to exercise when the time value > div. if there isn't a div, it's never rational to exercise. if someone wants to get out of their position, they should...

odds of assignment would have been pretty much nil, because, as i tried to explain in my previous post, exercising is not what anyone should be doing here, at least not in the 2013 $30 you mentioned. neither should you be writing unless part of some completely div-unrelated strategy with regards...

if you had written this one, you wouldn't have been assigned, but you also wouldn't have made any profit. yes you would have collected the div, but the option price wouldn't have fallen with the div, because it was already priced in. the only scenario in which it isn't priced in is when it makes...

no he didn't there wouldn't have been any time value to collect when opening this position a day before the dividend. there's no free lunch here, really. option prices adjust as much as they can without doing less than intrinsic, because everybody knows the div is coming. if you get assigned...

one typo "several intermediate transactions must place in order", add TAKE.. anyway, it's ok just one general question to everyone on this board: is it actually true, is this really how stocks are bought and sold in europe and would the FTT in effect REALLY be 0,9%-1%? i have read the raport...

i've watched the entire 90 minutes of the EU-gathering and i agree. we're lucky to have him on our side at least to summarize: France: In favour Sweden: Against Belgium: In favour Czech: Against Germany: In favour Luxembourg: Undecided. Worrying other big financial centres are against...

italy isn't going to pull any weight in this even when they were supposedly still opposed to the tax. the country is on the verge of bankruptcy, they have other things to worry about.

sorry, the link was broken somehow: http://www.cliffordchance.com/publicationviews/publications/2011/10/financial_transactiontaxupdate.html

http://www.cliffordchance.com/publi...ntaxupdate.html this is the link you are referring to to be honest, the part how they show the 0,1% tax would effectively become a 1% tax through intermediairies, i also don't understand and it has been mentioned nowhere else. it could be i'm not...

it's all politics. some of the countries that have "expressed concerns" according to this article have previously said they are not dead-set against it, but many seem to be holding out until the very last minute to see what can be gained with which opinion. some countries want it, some countries...

does that mean all other countries oppose it? i don't get this list, it seems so idiotically random.

even if you seriously believe this is some sort of elite conspiracy, i would keep these kind of theories to yourself. these threads are excellent information sources and only show the enormous amount of objective rational arguments to be made why the FTT is a ridiculous idea (and a lot of...

lot of you here seem pretty con-obama to say the least, but as a european i'm very happy (and relieved) about the way he handled this. a clear no was all i could have hoped for and apparently he delivered.

dutch MP repeated today Netherlands wouldn't block an FTT for now, like he did 10 days ago, altough they don't like the idea of it being introduced locally. they are ordering an investigation by the Dutch Economic Agency into the effects of the tax on Dutch economy and will base all future...

thanks a lot for the advice! i'll check them out..

hi, could anyone help me with the following: i've been looking for an corporate action (or ex-dividend)calendar for N-American stocks, and ideally all stocks around the world. i know a couple of free websites (thestreet, earnings) among others, and a few paid ones, but all have holes in...