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Still dont know wtf Options are.

the SECOND back up group for WSB is /r/StonkTraders. Make sure you're subbed to both.
I want to join but with so many different people jumping onto it, that draws attention might be best ya here on it already keep bringing info back
 
Still dont know wtf Options are.

the SECOND back up group for WSB is /r/StonkTraders. Make sure you're subbed to both.
Options are contracts to buy stock at a set price.
They represent stock in lots of 100.. 1 contracts is like controlling 100 shares. As the underlying derivative..ie stock price goes up or down the contract does likewise..
They are a many advanced strategies involving options..the safest is probably as a hedge..insurance..against a long position
 
Calls and puts are your 2 types of contracts you buy calls when you expect the stock price to I crease and puts when you think it will go down

Let's say walmart is $100 dollars share and you think it will go to 110.in the near future by buying a call contact with a 100 strike price you lock in the OPTION of buying walmart at 100 dollars a share no matter how high it goes...when you cash out you CAN EXECUTE THE OPTION AND pay 100 dollars for
100 shares or 10000 worth of walmart and sell it at market value or just sell the contract which has also.been increasing in value



Puts work the opposite. A put at 100 strike means you can sell 100 shares of walmart to the writer of the contract for 100 a share even if the stock goes to 1 dollar or even less than that

Or you can just the contract which has been increasing in value as the stock drops..
 
Contract prices are.based on time to expiration(because they can and will expire often worthless) how close the strike price which is the SET buy or selling Price OF THE STOCK and volatility of the stock it represents..gamestop was a fairly nonvolatile stock now atm..at the money..where contract strike and stock price is the same
..contracts are worth thousands...where before they were maybe 80 bucks a contract .generally the further the difference between strike and stock price the cheaper the contract....
 
Anyone who owns 100 shares or more or have the money..collateral to buy a hundred shares of stock can sell contracts and clear money off the premium or the cost of the contract sold..for every 100shares you can sell 1 contract...you sells calls if you believe the stock price wl decline and puts if you think the price will increase
 
So they trying to get GME to $500 by Friday. It might not start crashing until maybe Tuesday and then it may be at 600 by then.
 
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