Options Approval Denied? What to Do Next
Options approval denied or downgraded? What brokers actually screen, why cash and IRA accounts cap the ladder, and what to fix before you re-apply.
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Options approval denied or downgraded? What brokers actually screen, why cash and IRA accounts cap the ladder, and what to fix before you re-apply.
Can you buy a put without owning the stock? Yes, and here is how the plain long put differs from a protective put and from shorting shares, with option prices.
How much money you need to trade options at each approval level: cash accounts, the $2,000 margin floor, spread collateral, naked put margin and the PDT line.
How to get approved for options trading: what the options application asks under FINRA Rule 2360, how brokers score your answers, and honest ways up a level.