Just found this journal. My condolences for your family's losses.
I know how it goes. My brother died in 2022. First sibling gone. Older generation all gone.
Their influence, and memories all live on and become more precious as time goes by.
I shorted last night and made a few bucks on an ES. Tempted to hold, but I'm just getting used to ES (again).
Thanks for the info on treasuries. I'm uncertain about it myself.
Beginning in 1986, the index value was updated every 15 seconds, or 1,559 times per trading day, with price updates disseminated by Reuters.
Is this still accurate?
Should be "="
Parity is a number. It is the ITM amount. It is the intrinsic amount.
It doesn't matter where the option is trading; parity is parity.
"Trading at parity" may be used to describe a situation where the option has no extrinsic value, but there are not necessarily any trades...
The easiest way to determine assignment risk is to calculate the European style value of the option.
All cost of carry inputs should be included such as interest rates, pending divs, and borrow costs.
If the European value is below parity, then there's a high probability that the option will...