Can I sell a naked option?

Long Call

An investor might use a long call option position when the share price or market is expected to rise…

Long Put

An investor might use a long put option position when the share price or market is expected to decline…

A Short Sell order will be accepted and can possibly trade if you have a margin type account and there is sufficient Available Funds to meet any change in the account's margin requirements. If If you do not want the ability to sell short, you would need to have a Cash type account as Cash accounts cannot borrow shares of stock to naked short sell, be short naked Call options or short non-cash secured Put options. Cash accounts are restricted from holding a short balance in any currency as this would also constitute a loan from IBKR…

View a chain of options on multiple strikes of an underlying instrument by using phrases such as "apple options" or "jan options for apple." The option chain will show a list of all strikes for an expiration date, with the bid/ask for calls on the left side and the bid/ask for puts on the right…