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To: JPM who wrote (46449)	10/22/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Maya	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Where's everyone? Earnings hang over? It's scarry to be alone over here. dailynews.yahoo.com

To: JPM who wrote (46449)	10/22/1999 1:20:00 PM
From: scott bolio	Respond to of 50808

OT- Options I have some JAN 2000 $125 IBM Calls :( Straddles Straddles are stock options trading techniques that can allow you to profit from large stock movements in either direction or from no movement at all. Straddles involve selling or buying a call and a put with identical strike prices. Since one of the options will almost always finish in-the-money, the straddle is considered a conservative options trading strategy. For a long straddle, you'd buy calls and puts with identical strike prices and expiration dates. The long straddle would be employed when you expect an underlying stock to make a dramatic move in price but you're not sure in which direction. If the stock does move significantly, you could stand to make a nice profit, but if the underlying continues to trade at about the same level, your risk in limited to the loss of the amount invested in the two options. For a long straddle, you are looking for the large move in the underlying stock to occur quickly, as time decay can eat away at your profits. The short straddle is initiated by selling a call and a put with identical strike prices. Here again, risk is unlimited, because the options must be repurchased. The position will produce the greatest profits if the options expire with the stock very near the money. Perhaps the greatest advantage of short straddle trades is that time decay works in your favor.