Equity Option

Ed · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

"Cal Learner" wrote in ...
> In microsoft.public.moneycentral, Ed wrote:
>
> >I have entered an equity option trade in moneycentral. When I sync Money
> >2004, it does not download this trade. It downloads equity trades. What
can
> >be wrong?
>
> What are you using as the symbol? MoneyCentral want the listed
> option symbol to be preceded by a period. So .MSQGF would be the
> symbol for a MSFT July $30 Call.
>

I do use period. The moneycentral shows the right option description
including the strike price and call or put.

Cal Learner · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 996

In microsoft.public.moneycentral, Ed wrote:

>I have entered an equity option trade in moneycentral. When I sync Money
>2004, it does not download this trade. It downloads equity trades. What can
>be wrong?

What are you using as the symbol? MoneyCentral want the listed
option symbol to be preceded by a period. So .MSQGF would be the
symbol for a MSFT July $30 Call.

Cal Learner · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 996

In microsoft.public.moneycentral, Ed wrote:

>
>"Cal Learner" wrote in message
>@4ax.com...
>> In microsoft.public.moneycentral, Ed wrote:
>>
>> >I have entered an equity option trade in moneycentral. When I sync Money
>> >2004, it does not download this trade. It downloads equity trades. What
>can
>> >be wrong?
>>
>> What are you using as the symbol? MoneyCentral want the listed
>> option symbol to be preceded by a period. So .MSQGF would be the
>> symbol for a MSFT July $30 Call.
>>
>
>I do use period. The moneycentral shows the right option description
>including the strike price and call or put.
>

I just did a test buy of 1 contract of .MSQGF at $0.99 just now. It
downloaded a price of 0.90 and showed I lost $9 today on my
contract.

Ed · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

"Cal Learner" wrote in ...
> In microsoft.public.moneycentral, Ed wrote:
>
> >
> >"Cal Learner" wrote in message
> >@4ax.com...
> >> In microsoft.public.moneycentral, Ed wrote:
> >>
> >> >I have entered an equity option trade in moneycentral. When I sync
Money
> >> >2004, it does not download this trade. It downloads equity trades.
What
> >can
> >> >be wrong?
> >>
> >> What are you using as the symbol? MoneyCentral want the listed
> >> option symbol to be preceded by a period. So .MSQGF would be the
> >> symbol for a MSFT July $30 Call.
> >>
> >
> >I do use period. The moneycentral shows the right option description
> >including the strike price and call or put.
> >
>
> I just did a test buy of 1 contract of .MSQGF at $0.99 just now. It
> downloaded a price of 0.90 and showed I lost $9 today on my
> contract.
>

Try selling (short sell). It does not work. Buy works.