Posted 9/11/2014 20:29 (#4069536 - in reply to #4068282) Subject: RE: When do you sell a call vs. buying a put??
Ontario's middle east
You are correct if the market is to drop, but it's certainly better than having taken no action. If the market rises to your strike price, you will get exercised on and have a short futures position instead of being short the call. That's when/ why it's marginable.