Let's take SOFI for example. A 21dte call with a strike of 7.00 nets $71 per option written. Current stock price of $7.25 means I lose $25 on the sale, but I've still made fifty bucks. However, a 21dte call with a strike of $7.5 nets $49 per option written, plus $25 for the sale of the stock.
Obviously 75 is more than 50, but if the call is in the money, won't your shares just be called away anyway and you get the money right now? I know I'm wrong and I didn't discover an infinite money glitch, but I want to know why.
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