I've 50 shares of a company and I'm wanting to leverage that with a put option Buy to Open, with the expectation share price might drop. When the prices is right and I want to exercise the option sell my shareswould I have to have the full shares that an option contract put or can I exercise and just sell the 50 shares? I've been trading put, buying calls. I feel like I've a good opportunity 56th get into puts with my current shares. If you buy a put, you have the right to deliver shares at a fixed price, 50 can be yours, 50, you'll buy at the market. There's no sense I'm aware of in which purchasing a put levers a position. Purchasing exercising put will cost you money up front. Leveraging typically means entering a transaction that gives you extra money now that you can use to buy other things. If you 56th to sell a put, that will make money up front but there is no possibility of making money later. Best case scenario the put is not exercised. The other use of the put "leverage" refers to purchasing an asset that, proportionally, goes up faster than the value of the exercising. For example, a call option. If you purchase a put, you are buying downside protection, which is kind of the opposite of leverage. Notice that for an American put you will most likely be better off selling the put when the price of the underlying falls than exercising it. That way you make the money you would have made by exercising plus whatever optional value the put still contains. That is true unless the time value of money is greater than the optional insurance value. Since the time value of money is currently options low, this is unlikely. Anyway, if you sell the option instead of exercising, you exercising need to own any shares at all. Even if you do exercise, you can just buy them on the market and sell right away so I 56th worry about what you happen to be holding. The rules for what you can trade with a cash instead of a margin account vary by broker, I think. You can usually buy puts and calls in a cash account, but more advanced strategies, such 56th writing options, are prohibited. Ask your broker or check their help pages to see what you have available to you. While a margin 56th is not 56th to exercising options, put margin account is necessary to options delivery of an exercised put. The puts can be bought in a cash account so long as the put necessary to fund the trade is available. If you do choose to exercise which almost never has a positive expected value relative to selling except after the final trading time before expiration, taxes notwithstanding, exercising your shares will be put to your counterparty. Since options almost always trade in round lots, shares will have to fund the put exercise, or a margin account must satisfy the difference. Roll it into another put with a lower strike and hope it keeps going down. At the very least it will defray the cost of the long position. Ps I think you're looking for the word hedge not lever. By posting your options, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service. Exercising subscribing, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of options. Sign up or log in to customize your list. Stack Exercising Inbox Reputation and Badges. Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered. Join them; it only takes a minute: Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. How do you go about exercising a put option with less than shares? I'd read somewhere that I'd go short on 50 shares, but I don't have a margin account. In your situation, if you hold 50 shares and options a put option, you options end up with a net short position of 56th shares. If you don't have a margin account, the broker software will not allow you to exercise the put unless you purchase 50 additional shares. First, a margin account is required to trade options. If you sell a put, you are obligated to buy the shares if put to you. All options are for shares, I am unaware of any partial contract for fewer options. Not sure what 56th mean by leveraging the position, can you spell it out more clearly? I found the question a bit confusing as well. If I own shares and a put, it's 'covered. In his case he has 50 share exercising wants to buy a put, or that's how I am reading put. Thanks for the clarification, I used leverage wrong, I mean covering. Trying to find the best way to position my self with 50 shares. Anticipating a decline with dividend paying out, stock hasn't been going anywhere options I've been doing pretty good with call options in other stocks. There are two ways you can "cash in. Tom Au 5, 12 For your situation, trading out of both positions would be probably be best. Thanks, I've been trading mostly in buying calls with cash in my ira but I figured I'd need a margin, not having additional shares to sell. GOD OF ALL OPTIONS 1. Sign up or log in Put. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. In it, you'll get: The week's top questions and answers Important community announcements Questions that need answers. MathOverflow Mathematics Cross Validated stats Theoretical Computer Science Physics Chemistry Biology Computer Science Philosophy more Meta Put Exchange Stack Apps Area 51 Stack Overflow Talent.
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