I owned options that expired with no value.  How do I post the loss on the investment?
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For stock options, record as short term capital loss (assuming it's not a LEAP) on Schedule D, with the expiration date as the sale date and zero as the sale price. If it's an option on an ETF or Index, there are weird tax consequences, which you would neet to review at the IRS web site. \nThis is based on info from the IRS but not guaranteed. Suggest you talk to an accountant or the IRS.
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Yes.  Most options can be exercised before expiration.  However, in many cases, it might be more advantageous to sell your option instead of exercising it, because they'll usually have a "time" premium still baked into the price of the option that you lose when you exercise the option.\n\nFor example, the AAPL Dec $80 call is currently 4.70.  The stock is $82.45 as of close on Wed.\n\nYou can exercise the option and buy the stock for $80, thus netting $2.45 ($82.45-$80), or you can sell the option and receive $4.70.  It's your choice!\n\nHope that helps!
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call a broker or go online to one of the discounters like schwab.com\n\nTHI is the symbol
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I don't think whether you still work for them or not is an issue. Whether the company is publicly-traded or not might be an issue. How long the options are good for is definitely an issue. \n\nIf you think the options are worth 50 times their price, and you can cash them in, then I'd do so.
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EAG is trading this morning. $1.54 last trade, has traded over 65000 shares this morning. Whatever broker you are using is a moron. The pennies you are saving from using a moron is costing you lots of aggravation and lost trading opportunity. There are lots of discounters out there...i would find another if i were you!
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Well, your stock is not worthless, its worth $3 per share right now (and thats up from just $2 per share a few days ago), you can simply open an account and sell it if you want.\n\nNo telling what the stock will do from here.  They filled a Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization), not Chapter 7 (liquidation), meaning they are trying to cut costs, sell whatever they can, and emerge from the bankruptcy.  When (if) they emerge they will try to give the stockholders as much value/ownbership of the new company as they can, but no telling what they will be able to give you (if anything).  \n\nThey may say we had to give 90% ownership to other people to get enough money to reopen, or they may be able to get money to reopen with less (or more) of the company given away, again no way to tell (or they may never get the money to reopen and they will eventually end up liquidating the company and then you'll almost certainly get nothing)\n\nSo, you can just sell what you have for 3$ per share (as of today), or you may want to say what the heck lets roll the dice and see what happens, and hold on to the stock (realizing down the road you could get alot more or alot less than that 3$ per share, again very hard to say).\n\nGood luck with it.\n\nBy the way, here is the link to your stocks current sell price.\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=DCNAQ.PK
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The recording of the option income is required by the employer whether a disqualified disposition for incentive stock options or exercise of nonqualified stock options.  \n\nHowever, the gain (or loss) of the stock sales would require you to put the price and date you bought the stock along with the date and amount you sold the stock.\n\nAt the end of the year, the option income will be reflected on a W-2 form (originally options offered when you were an employee) whereas you will be required to post the gain/loss amount on your income tax return for the sale of stock.
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sounds like $63.00 is what they are worth. that is what you said. or 4 x $63.00 = $252.00 less commissions on sale. you could have a stock that has split and you might have more. provide details for a complete up to the minute analysis from your unpaid advisors at Yahoo/Answers.
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Probably not worth much right now but maybe down the road someday.  You may get more information from this link.  \n\nhttp://www.golfopia.com/genvalue.htm
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If you have already sold your shares, I DONT THINK you can get the dividend. \nBut, if the dividend last year is declared, and not paid, (with you being a preference shareholder), you can still be able to claim last years' dividend. \nThe questions should be answered by professionals, not by people in Yahoo! Answers here. They'll mislead you
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Probably zero.  If the company truly has no assets, it is likely that it will be treated as having liquidated for federal income tax purposes.  Even if it has not been liquidated, there are tax rules that are designed to make it difficult or impossible to derive a benefit from buying a company that has nothing but a NOL.  I doubt you will find a well-informed buyer who is willing to take a chance that the NOL will be usable in the future.\n\nIf you (or whoever the present owner is) were to start up a new business in the company, and assuming it is not considered to have liquidated, then you might be able to use the loss carryforward.
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send it to a collection agency
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I'm not sure what put and call options are. Are they called something else?
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If you are looking at this response then you should see under your question on this page a link that says extend expiration.  Click it.
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You losses are always 100% in the case of options.\n\nIt's not like stocks where you can actually sell your shares when your losses are just 10%\n\nIf you cannot handle a 100% loss then you should stay away from options and move to safer investments like stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and Bonds.\n\nTop 3 Answerer in Business & Finance. (Vote for me)
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i would check with a brokerage firm rather than a bank. stock brokers would want to lock up the stock for sale when it is eligible and therefore would be better equipped to evaluate its worth.\n\ncall any of the major companies or discounters like Schwab and ask for the department that handles 144 stock.
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you can get it in a spreadsheet from yahoo finance:\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=NKE\n\nthey will have it back a long ways, some stocks go back 30 years.