Being naked short options is a completely different risk profile and as with all trades the risks should be completely understood before being entered into.
Ag giants like Cargill, with 300 barges backed up on the Mississippi, are short on options.
And with it, he sent a message to Wales coach Warren Gatland who is short of options in the back row.
That has left boss David Moyes short of options, with new signing Heitinga ineligible until January to play in Europe.
Google "NHS" and "political football" and you won't be short of options.
The Fed chief stressed that a number of unconventional monetary policy options remain, but stopped short of promising that such options will be exercised.
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Or, in simpler terms, short-term options traders are much more put-heavy than usual right now.
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In other words, short-term options players have been more call-heavy only 22% of the time.
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Or, in simpler terms, short-term options players have rarely been more put-heavy on BAC during the past year.
In other words, short-term options players are more put-heavy than usual right now.
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Plus, this ratio ranks in the 73rd annual percentile, suggesting short-term options players are more pessimistically aligned than usual.
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In other words, short-term options players have been more pessimistically positioned just one-fourth of the time during the past 12 months.
This ratio is just one percentage point away from an annual pessimistic peak point to extreme skepticism among short-term options players.
Plus, this ratio ranks in the 88th percentile of its annual range, pointing to elevated levels of pessimism among the short-term options crowd.
In other words, short-term options speculators have been more bearishly aligned against the sector only 22% of the time during the past year.
The Hugheses are so scrupulous, so comprehensive, in their refusal to do the usual things that they leave themselves short on expressive options.
In other words, short-term options players have been more pessimistically aligned toward the shares only 7% of the time during the past year.
In other words short-term options players have been more optimistically aligned toward the shares only 4.4% of the time during the past year.
Shackell was the subject of a bid from Wolves earlier in the summer, but at the time the Canaries were short of defensive options.
But their leaders feel they are increasingly short of other options.
Even more telling, this ratio stands higher than 82% of all others of the past year, suggesting short-term options players are much more put-biased than usual.
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Call selling can be risky, particularly if sellers are naked short the call options and shares in Pfizer rally rather than retreat as the strategy predicts.
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Even more telling, this ratio registers in the 74th percentile of its annual range, suggesting short-term options traders are much more put-heavy than usual at the moment.
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However, if the trader is naked short the call options, he could face potentially devastating losses in the event that shares spike higher in the next four weeks.
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Compared to similar readings of the past year, this ratio sits in the 20th percentile, implying that short-term options players are much more call-biased than usual right now.
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Compared to similar readings of the past year, the SOIR ranks in the 94th percentile, suggesting short-term options traders have rarely been more put-heavy during the past 12 months.
Compared to similar readings taken during the past year, this ratio registers in the 89th percentile, implying that short-term options speculators are currently more put-heavy than usual on SAM.
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This reading is also lower than 79% of all those taken during the past year, indicating that short-term options players have been more optimistically aligned toward the shares only 21% of the time.
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