Ann: Completion of Bonus Issue of Options, page-4

The Black Scholes pricing model incorporates remaining time to expiry date and volatility as well as strike price and current price. On top of that, interms of market there is a sentiment aspect, often negative at this point.

$2 is better than $0. Many would have cut and run and I would likely have done the same had I been paying more attention. (I had some ill health and family distractions during the past weeks).

The time value trends towards zero if the market price of the shares is below the strike price. If the price is above the strike price the time value also trends to zero, but the option price and the share price tend to move in synch at that point.

I have a small number in one portfolio and a few hundred in another, and the brokerage cost to sell would wipe out a fair portion at this time. If there is upwards movement in SP, I would revisit.