u/PrestigiousHeat124

This is a new one, I tried to close a Short Put today, and I do what I normally do right click the option in positions, click close all, and instead of taking me to the option and giving me everything filled out like the "Buy To Close", Contracts, Strike etc. It is showing the stocks view:, some options seem to be working, but not MU or META:

Really sucked because I was trying to exit it in the last 5 mins of trading, so wasn't able to get it closed in time.

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Looking for honest opinions from anyone in paving or who's dealt with a similar situation. Had a 2,040 ft asphalt driveway installed in central Maryland in November 2021 for $39,200. Contract specified 3" of hot mix over graded existing dirt/stone — no new compacting stone base, no BI base course. Year 3 (2024), seven transverse cracks appeared, all full-depth through the asphalt. Contractor came out and did surface skin patching over each one (material laid on top, heated with torch, nothing penetrating into the cracks). Within ~18 months all seven patches failed, the cracks reopened and some are crumbling, and seven new transverse cracks have appeared in various stages — some hairline, some already full-depth. Contractor's position is that "all driveways crack from freeze-thaw, it's inevitable" and they're now proposing hot-pour crack sealing as the fix this round.

A few things I'm trying to figure out:

1. Is full-depth transverse cracking at year 3-4 normal aging, or does it point to a base/installation issue?
2. Is 3" of asphalt directly over native graded material (no new stone base) industry standard for a 2,040 ft rural laneway in a freeze-thaw climate, or is this an under-spec'd job?
3. Should crack sealing be expected to hold on a driveway that's already failed at full depth, or is that a maintenance treatment for the wrong problem?
4. Is "freeze-thaw causes this, it's inevitable" a legitimate explanation, or contractor deflection?

Not looking for legal advice — just trying to sanity-check whether my expectations are unreasonable or whether this is genuinely a defective installation. Pictures available if helpful.