Writing naked options exposes an investor to unlimited liability.
Not exact matches
When you sell a covered call, also known as
writing a call, you already own shares of the underlying stock and you are selling someone the right, but not the obligation, to buy that stock at a set price until the
option expires — and the price won't change no matter which way the market goes.1 If you didn't own the stock, it would be known as a
naked call — a much riskier proposition.
When
writing naked futures
options your risk is unlimited, without the use of stops.
We specialize in stocks, bonds and
options and we engage in a lot of premium selling in managing our strategies, whether it is covered call
writing or
naked put selling.
An alarming number of financial professionals, including stockbrokers, financial planners and journalists are in position to educate the public about the many advantages to be gained from adopting
naked put
writing (and other
option strategies), but fail to do so.
We do not encourage or recommend running with scissors or
naked option writing; you could get seriously hurt!