Can you exercise options on Webull? On the day of an Option Exercise request, you must maintain sufficient buying power or corresponding underlying shares to support the early exercise of a call or a put option contract. Sufficient buying power or corresponding underlying shares must be held throughout the day until the end of trading at 8 pm.
Can you exercise a call option any time? Options can be assigned/exercised after market close on expiration day. The holder of an American-style option can exercise their right to buy (in the case of a call) or to sell (in the case of a put) the underlying shares of stock at any time.
How do you exercise a call option? The order to exercise your options depends on the position you have. For example, if you bought to open call options, you would exercise the same call options by contacting your brokerage company and giving your instructions to exercise the call options (to buy the underlying stock at the strike price).