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Strategies & Market Trends : Advanced Option Strategies
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To: Greg Higgins who wrote (311)2/11/2000 11:10:00 PM
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>>>I'm not convinced that the best strategy is to necessarily use high beta stocks. The best pop is a surprise on a low
beta stock which then inflates radically.<<<

for long straddles, i would think on high beta stocks one would tend to get killed by the volatility 'implosion' after 'the event' (e.g., earnings).

so on KEA and DELL, I'll guess that you did not hold either position over their respective earnings, but rather open+closed them completely before or after announcment.
can't tell w/ WCOM, but sounds like you bot before and closed after.
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