Why Would a Short Option be Assigned Early?
A short option can be assigned at any time because the long option holder has the right to exercise whenever they want. However, there are three primary sit...
Expiration, Exercise, & Assignment
Do Not Exercise Request (DNE)
DNE requests only apply to long in the money equity/ETF options and cannot be applied to any short options position. Long options that expire out of the mon...
Early Assignment of Short Options
Why was my spread assigned early? Equity options are American-style Whenever you trade long (debit) or short (credit) equity options spread, the short leg...