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Explore Your Options  |  SEP 2011

Explore Your Options

Is selling an at-the-money (At m) or outof-the-money (Ot m) option really better than selling a contract that has more premium attached to its market price due to its intrinsic worth? That’s a tricky one. As for which type of sale constitutes the “better” one, we do know selling extrinsic or time premium associated with At m or Ot m has the advantage of time decay. All options do lose 100% of their extrinsic value by expiration. However, whether a contract lands in or out of the money and by what amount can prove to be the more important factor in calculating actual profits and losses.

by Tom Gentile

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