NAKED CALLS : Fake or Real ?
Monday, August 31st, 2009An option given for the NAKED CALLS is termed as ‘NAKED CALLS’. These types of calls are provisional in character and are really risky. The risk is on the stock, which is underlying, as the ownership of the stock is not actual or real. It seems that the seller has the authority or share in the underlying stock but in real it is not the case. Thus, seller might bear huge loss.
Covered calls and NAKED CALLS are almost similar. Still there is a big difference between the two is that risk generators are different in both cases. As in call option, seller waits for the price to level the requirement that it should increase timely in the coming future and level the strike price. But if the buyer of the option feels that his prediction is going to be absolutely correct and he might make a huge profit out of it, then he disagrees.
For an example, if ABC stock is trading at $10 per share, then the trader can at a strike price of $12, can sell the option. The buyer of that option is liable to pay him the premium at each share as stated in the contract.
The option buyer in such case has to put up the money on his own prediction that the price of the stock will be more than $12 and if the prediction is correct and the price of the stock grow to $13 then he can still buy the stock at $12. In this case, he can sell the stock immediately and gain a good amount of profit. On the other hand, simultaneously the trader can sell the stock to some other buyer also if he is offering better money for the same than the previous buyer. This will add on to the profit of the investor. These principles are not applicable just for the NAKED CALLS but also for all types of call options.
A NAKED CALL literally means that there is no authority or any share over the underlying stock. In such case the options usually are applied, and the seller of the option ensures that the he is buying the shares and might sell them in case of loss. This loss is nothing but the rate, which is less then the strike price. The strike price of the ABC share was $12, and now it is comes out to be $15. Now the seller of the option is liable to loose $15 on each share. This is because of the NAKED CALLS which says that he don’t have the authority or share in real. Thus these types of calls are good for the investors who are more refined in their investments and are able to bear the risk with high tolerance.




















































