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Strategies & Market Trends : The Amateur Traders Corner
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To: Tom Hua who wrote (4143)12/11/2000 8:49:55 PM
From: peter michaelson  Read Replies (2) of 19633
 
Not an original idea of mine, but I sold some HAND May $75 calls today for $13 and change. If I end up short the stock, my average price will be $88.

The downside to this strategy is that you have to put up the same amount of margin as if you had shorted the stock, and the upside on the position is more limited than a short sale.

All in all, it's a lower risk, lower reward, higher transaction cost way to short a stock in short supply.

Peter
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