If a stock is at $40 and you have sold the option for $35 and the price of the option is at $5.5, the exerciser would be stupid to exercise his options because he would lose $0.5. In general, it will never happen. It won't even happen in your account on the expiry date. It will happen on next...
An example of my trades in this market. I had sold MRNA PUT 130 while it was 139. I was assigned and then turned and put an order to sell at 135 (yesterday). 400 shares x { 5+1.35} = $2540. I know today it is over $142.
You are right about my warnings but it does not mean I am not making money in this rally. I shorted VZ at 58.80 and I also selling out of the money PUTs at the right prices and if the market drops, you will be in trouble but I won't.
As of now at 2:00 ET on 4/7/2021 ES is at 4068 and looks like it is exhausted and we may see a pullback for the short term. Pullback might extend to 120 to points to 3950 if economic conditions like inflation help
I always sell. If I think a stock will go down and it is at 50 now, I sell weekly 52 call and if think a stock will go up and is at 50, I sell 48 put. I am on the dangerous side
Part of it is addiction and the main part is that YTD, I have turned 550k to 930k and last year I have 380% return. Which investment gives me that return ?
Today S&P and DOW hit all-time high but 11 elements of DOW were in red. Many stocks like TSLA, M, BA,.... were in red. History shows that in these situations, we are close to a correction.
My short position is 2400 shares averaged at 58.88 and I have also sold weekly covered call 58 for 0.15.
I have a feeling that S&P will drop 2% by Monday. Just feeling