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Please explain this put option

Personal Finance & Money Asked on April 10, 2021

Earlier today, I purchased 2 put options on GME. The opening price was around $295. The price dropped $30 in 45 minutes to below $265. Why am I not making any money? I looked at all of the put option contract prices and all of them say a loss of 10% today. Please explain.

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I don't know what they are right now because GME is halted but in the past week, bid/ask spreads have been wide for GME options. That's a small reason why your put may not be increasing as fast as you'd like.

The major reason is that options gain in value when implied volatility increases and they lose value when implied volatility decreases. So if there's a large underlying price move in your put's favor (GME drops 30 points) and the put loses money, it's because there was a sharp contraction in implied volatility.

However, given that GME is down $111 when halted, your should be rewarded for your cohones (buying GME options in this environment) if it doesn't rise sharply when trading resumes.

Given the lag in option spreads becoming sane, you can lock in the gain by buying shares if you have the cash to do so.

Answered by Bob Baerker on April 10, 2021

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