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Options were on the to-do list that never got done. I've not traded options before so it would be a bit of a time commitment I didn't have to research first. Though I'm guessing the buyers of the options would want a hell of a premium also, so the benefit would be in the leveraging and not the margin.

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The parent asked why you weren't /selling/ call options. So if the premiums were high, then you would be making a larger margin. Perhaps you confused it with buying puts?

If he doesn't know the difference between buying and selling calls and puts, I'd say he's wise not to have invested.

You'd be on the upside of that margin though.

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