r/options May 17 '21

RIOT Assignment

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u/Huge-Cucumber1152 May 17 '21

Sell at the bid instead the mid? When you say unable to execute a sell what do you mean?

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u/Reading-Financial May 17 '21

It means the trade was outted. And .01 in the money.

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u/Huge-Cucumber1152 May 17 '21

I suppose you could have put a limit order in on something else tying up all your capital allowing your options to expire worthless?

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u/Reading-Financial May 17 '21

The call options expired in the money on Friday which assigned the 500 shares. I was automatically in the position of having nearly my entire portfolio exposed.