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Old 01-14-2014, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by AJ32162 View Post
As an options writer (seller) you will also incur an additional commission if/when your option contract(s) is/are assigned and called away (exercised).
True but that is about 10% of the time for me, so I'm ok with that. Also that commission (assignment fee) is a flat fee ~$20 and usually much less than the corresponding closing commission would have been for the number of contracts I usually trade.