Webinar: Selling Options - Key Considerations for Investors

Selling options puts you on the other side of the trade — and comes with its own set of considerations. 

Selling options introduces a risk profile that looks and behaves differently from buying. From margin requirements to assignment, there are several factors worth understanding before entering a short options position. This session walks through the key mechanics and management considerations involved in selling options. During this session, OIC instructor Mark Benzaquen will cover topics including: 

• The risk profile of selling options and how it differs structurally from buying 
• Margin and capital requirements: what selling options may require from an account 
• How implied volatility and time decay influence a position from the seller's perspective 
• Assignment risk: what it is, when it can occur and how it may affect a position 
• Approaches to managing and exiting a short options position over its life 

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