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Strategies & Market Trends : Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)
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To: Tony B who wrote (1663)10/29/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Madpinto  Read Replies (2) of 2241
 
That's a great question. I have had the most problems with exercises. First, I have forgotten to exercise options that were in the money but not by 3/4 of dollar. Second, I have had options automatically exercised that I wish I had sold instead. Lastly, I have neglected to exercise call options* for a big dividend. (*When the interest on the strike price plus the put is less than the dividend amount.) These mistakes would not have happened if I had paid more attention to the positions. I have learned over the years to take some money off the table as things go in my direction. I have had many profits quickly turn into losses with options.
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