What Happens When You Get Assigned on a Calendar Spread. This IBIT Trade Shows Everything.

Getting assigned on a calendar spread sounds terrifying until you understand what actually happens. You end up with short stock, your buying power looks wrong, and it feels like something has gone catastrophically sideways.

It has not. Because the position is defined risk, the short shares are covered by the remaining long option. Capital requirement stays the same. The whole thing closes in one transaction. This Life Cycle of a Trade episode walks through a real IBIT Bitcoin ETF calendar spread from entry to unexpected assignment to exit, netting an 83 cent profit on roughly $100 in risk. The lesson: forgetting about expiration is not the end of the world when the position is defined.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Bitcoin in a Lull: Why IBIT Is Interesting Right Now
00:35 Setting Up a Calendar Spread on IBIT
01:05 Buy 60 Days Out, Sell 30 Days Out: The Structure
01:32 Why Calendar Beats Diagonal When Vol Is Already Decent
02:00 Target: 25 to 50 Cent Profit on a Slow Bitcoin Grind Higher
02:35 Filled at $1 Debit: Entry Complete
03:12 Fast Forward: We Got Assigned. Here Is What That Means.
03:45 Defined Risk Means Short Shares Are Covered by the Long Option
04:10 Capital Requirement Is Only $430 Despite Short Stock
04:35 Close the Whole Position Together: Do Not Leg Out
06:01 Transaction History: Showing the Math Behind the Trade
07:44 83 Cent Profit on $100 in Risk: A Nice Bitcoin Calendar Trade
08:41 Final Takeaway: Assignment Is Not Scary When You Are Defined

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