Breaking down the short put strategy: This a neutral tobullishposition. If the underlying rises in price—or even if it sits still—you’ll collect the premium, but you won’t be assigned a long position. Just like with the short call, your maximum profit on a short put is defined by...
Bid:This is approximately what you’ll receive in option premiums per share up front if you sell the put. A market maker agrees to pay you this amount to buy the option from you. Ask:This is what an option buyer will pay the market maker to get that option from him. The difference ...
I often wondered that, I think they model the way it’s purchased (ask/bid/prev. qty/etc) to divine if it’s bullish or bearish. I’m sure @dl003 or @Yoona have more to say on this. Reactions: BornToFly and tivoboy AnbaricBike Member Dec 28, 2021 123 501 NC Dec 9...
bullish or bearish is not the problem. The problem is making assumptions. Many times I've said "need time to develop" and "don't know what this is" because that is the reality of charting. But this guy, he always has a count ready to go which most of the time needs to be changed...
When yousell a put option, you are making one of two different types of bets. The first way to sell a put option is to close out an existing position that you already bought, at either a loss or a gain. For example, if you bought an IBM Dec 100 put for $4 per contract and the...
An alternate way to get short exposure to a stock is to buy aput option. A put allows the buyer the right—but not the obligation—to sell the underlying stock at the strike price on or before the options expiration date. With a long put, the most you could lose is the premium you...
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While puts are generally associated with price declines, you can do a short position in a put—known as “writing” a put—if you are neutral tobullishon a stock. The most common reasons to write a put are to earn premium income and to acquire the stock at a price lower than its pre...
Short-selling metrics help investors understand whether overall sentiment isbullishor bearish. Theshort interest ratio (SIR)—also known as the short float—measures the ratio of shares currently shorted compared to the number of shares available or “floating” in the market. A very high SIR is ...
Short-selling metrics help investors understand whether overall sentiment isbullishor bearish. Theshort interest ratio (SIR)—also known as the short float—measures the ratio of shares currently shorted compared to the number of shares available or “floating” in the market. A very high SIR is...