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That is the point and that is what I do not understand. I dont want to do it naked. I do have the stock. But I cannot see my premium anywhere! It seems I bought the necessary stock, I sold the call option, and I only have the loss for the spread and commission, and I cannot see the premium...

Hi just21, No, it is an old account (more than one year old, if it counts as "old" :) ). And I use only the base currency.

Thanks for all the answers! Even to you, Sell'em :) I think my problem is of somewhat technical nature. What I do not really understand is how the transaction is reflected in my balance and why. I thought that if I sell a call option at a price, then it should be reflected in my cash balance...

Can anyone please help me how I can write a call option at Interactive Brokers TWS? I asked the support, but they told me just to simply click on the bid price of the option and short sell it, but I think it is short selling an existing option, not writing a new one. I tried it on a demo...

Dear Fellow Traders, Could anyone suggest an Excel macro or template that can download free real time stock quotes into an excel spreadsheet? (Especially for Excel 2002.) I know that there are several paid programs on the net for this, but most of them are complicated or does not work...