Timeline for How to short an option?
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| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:40 | comment | added | Matt Wolf | I do not like to hijack this comment section. Please check out some basic text on exchange traded options as your assumptions are quite incorrect. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:32 | comment | added | emcor | @MattWolf I assume the "big" standard market options are firstly issued by financial institutions, and if the investors re-sell this option, the original financial institution would still need to deliver the underlying (or cash difference) at exercise to the final buyer? | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:19 | comment | added | Matt Wolf | There is no standard vs non standard. Options are options, whether written on corn or toys or a stock index. You can short an option, one of which you do not hold long inventory at any exchange that lists options contracts (subject to certain exchange regulations such as margin requirements). Please see my answer | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:15 | comment | added | emcor | @MattWolf I assume there are standard options e.g. on S&P500 just like standardized futures contracts? I will add this to the question. I just wanted to emphasize I do not seek to sell my own little option but to take an existing option and betting short on it (through a standalone product). | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:10 | comment | added | Matt Wolf | @emcor, what do you exactly mean with "issued by large financial institutions". Options are either exchange traded in which case there is no financial institution that "issues" options contracts or you are referring to otc options. Can you please clarify? | |
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| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:02 | comment | added | emcor | Can you please add a more specific source than the exchange link? I am looking for a way to short existing retail market options issued by large financial institutions, not to sell like my own tiny option or borrow the option from friends... | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 12:57 | history | answered | vonjd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |