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Right - the price of the contract would generally be higher with more time left on it.

There's a ton of reading material out there on the internet, but you have a basic grasp of it.

Right, you're probably looking at $30+commission+(possibly a $1 per contract fee). So if your regular commission is $10 ... you need the stock to be over $2.41 to make money.

You can also hope...