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Technology Stocks : Mattson Technology
MTSN 3.6000.0%May 12 5:00 PM EST
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To: John Stewart who wrote (2333)12/23/1999 10:59:00 PM
From: Ian@SI  Read Replies (1) of 3661
 
John,

I hate giving someone else the premium. I prefer to collect them.

i.e. - I took my customary MTSN dividend on the Feb 15 PUTs which opened this week.

My guess is that the Fed meeting risk at their Feb 1-2 meeting will be offset by MTSN's stellar earnings.

I'm also short PUTs for a couple biotechs that I'd love to own at the strike price that go out beyond the Feb Fed meeting.

My BUY and HOLD mindset has me ill-equipped to handle most option strategies.

Since I started more aggressively selling options near the end of June, the specialists have been kind enough to give me $80K. I think I'll cut down on the risk I'm taking next year and shoot for not much more than that throughout the entire year.

Or I might even decide to take an extended vacation from my daily routine.

Retiring has turned out to be a lot harder work than I'd intended. ;^)

Best regards,
Ian.
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