Oh, I'd believe it! In that case even fairly valued options would be a no-go; you'd have to buy them from someone else: probably tricky, doubly so for incentive

Oh, I'd believe it! In that case even fairly valued options would be a no-go; you'd have to buy them from someone else: probably tricky, doubly so for incentive options, and it sounds like buying publicly traded stock has a major advantage here.