Puts and Calls

[grandmabee]

need help of reporting puts and calls of option on sch d in ATX.

[JRS]

Buying or selling puts and calls?

[grandmabee]

Buying or selling puts and calls?

on the put he sold before he purchased and then dates won't work so there must be a box or something I am missing. on the calls most have expired. but some again dates off. I know I am just missing where to lable

[Lion EA]

Seldom used ATX for personal returns. But, have worked with software that has a code for puts that allows the dates to be right for them.

[JRS]

on the put he sold before he purchased and then dates won't work so there must be a box or something I am missing. on the calls most have expired. but some again dates off. I know I am just missing where to lable

I attached a file of the input sheet showing how I handle puts and calls.PUTS AND CALLS.pdf I don't know if it will work, but I will try. The "acquire" date would be when he "bought back" the put and the "sold" date is when he sold it. The key is the Transaction number after the description. It would be #14 short sale. Expired puts and calls, when sold short will work the same way. The "acquired" date would be the expiration date of the put. This is always the third Friday of the month. Puts and calls always have a month in the description - 2 Puts ABC OCT 10.

[JohnH]

And to think, all these years I thought the term meant "Put" your money in the broker's bank account and "Call" it a day.

[JRS]

And to think, all these years I thought the term meant "Put" your money in the broker's bank account and "Call" it a day.

These days they call it an option or a derivative, but the result is exactly the same.