Learn all about hyperphosphatemia, when levels of phosphate in the blood are too high. We examine the symptoms, causes, and treatment options.
IRAs cannot be enabled for margin trading, which prevents you from using certain options strategies. For example, if you sell short puts, they must be completely cash-secured. Otherwise this strategy is not permitted in an IRA. Short put positions have a limited profit potential with a substantial amount of risk.
Exercised Options -- Puts. Puts are the opposite of calls for taxes. In a put, holders do the selling and add the cost of the option premium to the proceeds for the sale. Writers add the premium to the cost basis of the shares and use that number to calculate and report gain or loss only when the stock is sold.