Shiny Things
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I am not going to do a stupid thing like that...why would I close my account just because an idiot wants to prove that he is wrong....makes no sense
I think you might be missing my point, and to be honest I’m about ready to give up on trying to help you understand.
I’m not sure I can explain it any more clearly. There is $26,000 cash in your account, but some of that cash is locked up - it’s being held aside against the minus-$13,000 worth of options in your book.
If you went and sold another option valued at, say, $2,000, your “cash available” would go up to $28,000, but your “account value” wouldn’t change, because you’d have $2000 more cash but also $2000 more of option liabilities.


