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Which option orders can I make? What is the maximum risk level allowed?
Lime Trading offers clients with cash and IRA accounts the ability to purchase calls and puts and write covered calls (if approved).
Qualified margin accounts have the ability to write uncovered calls and puts (if approved). Qualified margin accounts must have a minimum of $25,000 in equity to write uncovered puts and a minimum of $100,000 in equity to write uncovered calls.