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rojasduarte t1_iu99e3n wrote

Reply to comment by Stunning-Leek334 in Someone suffers on the other side of your bet by [deleted]

You may have made money on a deal you made before, great for you and too bad for the other side of that deal. But if I buy your covered call and excercise, you lost money on our deal. Between the two of us, it is zero sum.

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Stunning-Leek334 t1_iu99qzy wrote

Lol are you trying to imply that because in a single transaction, I sell you something for the same price you pay me for it, that stocks are somehow zero sum? Lolololol

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