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Hey everyone, Kirk here again at Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. On today's daily call, I want to talk about a really hot topic which is dividend assignment risk for short call options. This is a topic that we have videos and training on, but again, I wanted to get another avenue of teaching this out, so that people understood how to effectively navigate this scenario because I think it freaks a lot of people out. What usually happens is the brokers would send you a notice or an alert that says, “Hey. You have a short call option that’s at risk of assignment.” People basically throw their hands up and say, “What the heck is going on?” I usually get these emails which is maybe why you’re even getting this podcast link or maybe I sent you a link to this podcast because what people do is they throw their hands up and they’re like, “What the heck is going on? I’m going to be assigned. I don’t have the capital to handle it.” Here’s what happens and I want to walk through this process, so you under