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how does a reversal/conversion turn into trading a butterfly?

did the stock go ex-div., because if it did, you're paying it.

if there is value in the call, you are usually better off selling the put. if you want to be short, sell the put and sell stock. since your puts are 1 year out, you would not want to exercise them at all.

open interest is the number of outstanding option contracts. you see it per option based on the previous day's close.

good luck with that

from assignment?

i think in a case of averaging better and taking profits.

if the stock is hard to borrow, or generally expensive to borrow, you will get assigned.

while this is correct, most professional option traders have read natenberg

not marginable. you won't be borrowing money unless assigned.

highly unlikely. it doesn't stop you from trading, just daytrading.

if you exercise your put, which i assume you are really asking, you will take a short position. you will need to still maintain the margin for that position and pay any short stock fees.

better yet, let's just trade from 8:30 to 3:00 or 3:15

nobody said you need to hold the option until expiration and let all the premium out.

you are currently so far behind that you should just find a new idea.

if you know what is going to happen, just make that trade over and over. if you keep rolling your gains, you win bigger and bigger.

i'm confused. what did you pay for the spread? what is the current market on the spread? if you are long the spread, why would you buy in the short with aapl trading 360? you seem like you want to cover a loser, but you mention the 360 line. you want the stock to be trading here...

as a market maker, there is no point in disseminating tight quotes on options that aren't likely to trade. it only leaves you open for errors to happen.

could be useful.

you were selling ITM calls? and hedging?