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Jim Schultz Explains the Early Assignment That Catches Every Trader.
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Breakdown
0:00lesson
Short call assignment confusion
- Short call disappears, replaced by short stock
- Assignment feels like a glitch but is mechanical
- Dividend risk vs extrinsic value drives decision
1:39lesson
Dividend assignment mechanics
- Only short calls face dividend assignment
- Long call holders choose between extrinsic value or dividend
- Extrinsic > dividend → keep option
- Dividend > extrinsic → exercise
3:18lesson
Hypothetical example
- Short 100 strike call on 102 stock
- Dividend $1.50 vs extrinsic 60c → exercise
- Extrinsic $2.50 vs dividend $1.50 → keep option
5:02PEP· ticker
Pepsi dividend analysis
- Ex-dividend date: 9/4
- Dividend $48
- 120 call extrinsic 70c → likely assigned
- 130 call extrinsic $78 → safe
- 135 call extrinsic $3+ → safe
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