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Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again from Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we’re going to answer the question, “Is it better to sell options before expiration?” And I think this is really kind of a two-part answer and I think the intention of the person asking this question was something a little bit different than how they phrased it. But like I’ve said always, there are no stupid or dumb questions here and so, I want people asking questions. This is a legitimate question, word-for-word, that we got in the membership area just a couple of weeks ago, so I want to make sure that we address this topic because it is a question that somebody asked. And so, the simple answer to this is – Well, of course, we have to sell options before expiration. Once the expiration date comes for an option contract, you can’t do anything. You can’t buy or sell the contract. I think what they were more targeting though, if I don’t use it so literally as literally asking the question, what they were more aft