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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND)
ASND 212.50+1.5%Dec 24 12:59 PM EST
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To: Carl R. who wrote (8286)8/10/1997 4:47:00 PM
From: vegetarian   of 61433
 
Carl while we are at the subject I have another question.
After expiration day we see a lot of options expire worthless.
Now if we assume that a majority of option writers are arbs and their positions are covered, that would mean after expiration they would want to get rid of the stock positions.
So if the open interest on calls at expiration was higher than puts that would result in net selling of stock because the call writers have gotten rid of their stock and conversely for puts.
Should one expect the stock to go down some after expiration if the call open interest was high and go up if the put interest was high? does it amount to a tradable difference?
Thanks for your comments.
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