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Strategies & Market Trends : How To Write Covered Calls - An Ongoing Real Case Study!

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To: KFE who wrote (11151)7/4/1999 5:10:00 PM
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Need help understanding selling low volume options

What's the best way to sell an option when there is little or no option trading volume? If a market order is placed, is it likely I will at least get the current Bid price? Or would it be better to place a limit order equal to the bid? How likely/unlikely would an order go through?

I want to write some covered calls against AMCC, CNXT, and VTSS ... the contracts I'm interested in have moderate open interest and little or no daily trading volume ... I look at the latest quotes from cboe and see attractive bid prices, but no volume. Does the cboe keep their bid/ask prices "current"? I'm nervous about placing a market order
when there is no volume ... afraid I'll be eaten alive by market-maker ... Thanks for any help

p.s.
I also posted this question in the newbie options board; I apologize if this isn't appropriate question for THIS board.
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