For example, if the option you want to sell is bid at $ 1.00 and ask at $ 1.20, you'll want to use a limit order for $ 1.10 — at the midpoint
between bid and ask —
wait a
few minutes and it will probably get filled.
«But when a parent with a child in tow runs into the grocery store for a
few minutes, he or she has to choose
between allowing the child to
wait in the car, which is safer but might get her arrested or jailed and / or her child taken away — and the more dangerous option of bringing the child with her because this is socially approved» (NPR).