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Can an individual person be both long and short the exact same option at the same time?

April 26, 2017exact individual option person short time

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Can an individual person be both long and short the exact same option at the same time?

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If you do it from the same trading account it will offset each other. If you do it from different accounts then you will have a flat position from economic perspective. There is no visible advantage in doing so.