A roll closes an open option and opens another. The new one can change the strike price, the expiration or both.
Lesson 24
Rolling a call to a later date
Understand what a roll closes, what it opens and which obligation remains.
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Learn how to price a roll on the chart
Price the same sample call on two expiration dates on the chart and work out the roll. Each of the four checkpoints ends with a two-answer question. Nothing places a trade.
CHECKPOINT 1 OF 4
Choose SOFI
0 / 4 checkpoints earned
When the chart loads, follow its highlighted control to earn your first checkpoint.
- Choose SOFI
- Price the open call, upcoming
- Price the later call, upcoming
- Open Wheels, upcoming
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