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AMAT 297.52

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Feb 4 3:59 PM EST

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To: Jerome who wrote (40879)	12/18/2000 1:32:04 PM
From: mitch-c	of 70976

30% OT - AMAT Option Strategies Tito has written some excellent posts on options, especially LEAPs. I prefer the strategies - like covered calls, buying calls, and buying puts - where the maximum loss of capital is limited to the investment. (No open-ended loss potential, as in short-selling.) Open ended discussion question to be punted around - Tito has been quite successful using LEAP calls as the stock increases. What is everyone's thought about an out-of-money LEAP put strategy - buying them as the stock peaks - as well as Tito's LEAP call strategy? Since this is a cyclic stock, the same argument for catching the peak ought to work for the trough. I haven't priced them, but I think Jan 00 or 01 puts at 60 might have been pretty cheap last spring ... - Mitch

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