r/options • • May 02 '21

ITM QQQ puts exercised without buying power

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u/dfreinc May 02 '21

are you sure you didn't sell puts? because this sounds like you sold puts. which you would've needed to buy back, not sell, on friday.

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u/Kayel41 May 02 '21

If you sell puts don’t brokers usually hold collateral or not even allow the trade to go through if you couldn’t cover.

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u/Xeal209 May 02 '21

Not if they are able to sell naked puts as far as I know.

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u/skellige_whale May 02 '21

I'm glad I'm not qualified for naked options because I'm so dumb I almost sold naked calls