18: Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid Of Getting Assigned Stock

The Option Alpha Podcast

Kirk Du Plessis

Education, Options Trading, Trading, Investing, Stock Market, Business, Finance

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🗓️ 3 February 2015

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll explain why you shouldn't be afraid of the assignment and exercise process when it comes to trading options. You see, all too often it's just a lack of understanding as to how the process really works. Who are the parties involved? How do they select who gets assigned? How long do I have to manage my new risk? I'll answer all of these questions and so much more in today's show and by the end you'll finally be empowered with all the information ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Option Alpha Podcast from Option Alpha.com where we show you how to
0:06.2	make smarter trades learn how the stock market really works and generate consistent
0:10.8	monthly income. Now your host and head trader at
0:15.0	option alpha.com Kirk depluses.
0:18.0	Hey everyone this is Kirk here again from option alpha
0:21.0	com working every single week to make this the most popular
0:25.2	investing podcast offered on iTunes because it's based on one thing and one thing only and
0:30.4	that's helping you guys make smarter trades.
0:33.0	So thanks so much for tuning in today.
0:34.4	Sorry for my voice, I'm just a little under the weather,
0:36.7	but still want to get out one of these podcasts.
0:38.9	And we've got a topic today that I think it's going to be really interesting
0:41.9	because it's often a question or a series of questions that I get as we head into expiration.
0:48.1	So at the time of this recording, we just went through expiration and we're going to be heading into a new expiration
0:53.8	cycle here soon when you guys are listening to this podcast when it goes live.
0:57.0	So I think this idea of assignment in stock is definitely a big topic and nobody
1:02.2	seems to really cover it in depth.
1:04.0	So hopefully this podcast can be the one and all solution to why you shouldn't be afraid of
1:10.4	getting a signed stock and having to deal with that in your account.
1:14.0	So here's what we're going to go through today in the podcast.
1:16.7	First, we're going to walk through the assignment and exercise process just so you know
1:20.9	how that kind of works and what the parties are that are involved, then
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