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0 pointsmodeless5y ago0 comments

Seems a lot less relevant now with the rise of fractional shares.

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But not if you want to trade certain contracts positions.

For example I'd like to sell some covered calls for my AMZN as a hedge against a correction later, but since I don't own $300k+ of AMZN share, I literally cannot sell a single call contract.

rurp5y ago

I'm really surprised Robin Hood and others haven't started offering fractional options contracts yet. It seems like an obvious next step for retail trading.

I'm not saying it would be a great idea or anything, just that it's going to happen eventually and being first will probably garner a fair amount of business and attention (both positive and negative).

cj5y ago

I imagine fraction option contracts are much less practical.

As an example, I’m currently holding contracts I purchased in March on SPXL and the daily volume is less than 5. With such low volume, the practicality of fractional ownership is not there.

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