Spreadsheet: Financing Short Option Position
DateDec. 1, 2005Dec. 1, 2005Dec. 1, 2005Dec. 1, 2005ENTER
TickerGOOGGOOGMOLUDATA
Stock Price413.31413.2173.232.82HERE
ExpirationDec. 2005Dec. 2005Jan. 2006Jan. 2006
Strike400420852.50
Price198.40.10.40
Contracts10101010
Proceeds190008400100400
Commission17.4517.4517.4517.459.95
Days to Expiration
Net charge to the cash available
MAX of 3 things103327.596512.49999999999732350005e-324
1. 25% of underlying value + any out of the money + premium103327.596512.499999999996537.5000000000041024.9999999999998
2. 10% of underlying value + premium41331413217323282
3. $500 / contract MINUS premium collected5000500050005000
Spreadsheet Financing Short Option Position was created by userX and last modified on Thu Dec 1 14:26:58 2005.

Description: Calculates net cash requirement of short call position at Schwab. -- Enter price of underlying stock, # of contracts and strike price, and you get net cash requirement. This is a MAX of 3 calculations. Four examples are shown, in which each of these calculations prevails (2 for the most common calculation: one in-the-money, one out-of-the-money.)