How do you invest in stocks, options, puts, calls, etc without losing more than you invest?
I am interested in learning how to invest, but don’t want to lose more money than I invest. Is this possible? Is there a safe way to do this?
With standard investing it isn’t possible to loose more than you initially invested with stocks or options.
That is, if you buy a stock for $10,000, the most you can loose is $10,000. If you buy an option for $1000, the most you can loose is $1000.
The one “trick” that might catch you off guard with options if you don’t know what you are doing is automatic execution at expiration. If you own an option that is in the money at the expiration date, it will most likely be automatically executed by your broker….even if it is only in the money by a single penny. This will not automatically result in you loosing more than you put in the option, but it can give you unexpected results.
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