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Only if the company IPOs. More commonly you buy the options, pay taxes on them, then the company goes under before you make your money back.
by jonny_eh 8y ago
Only if the company IPOs. More commonly you buy the options, pay taxes on them, then the company goes under before you make your money back.
- phamilton 8y agoWhile that is common, that is unrelated to my point. Being given an option grant does not expose you to downside. Exercising the grant can result in a loss, sure, but exercising is not necessary to have exposure to upside. As the OP points out though, 90 day windows force you to exercise (and be exposed to downside) or forfeit your upside.