Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: radames who wrote (83887)	11/10/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>their is big money in the options market and i know because i > work for one of the biggest mm's It's simple math. If you have pockets deep enough to write thousands of covered options, you also have enough resources and/or credit to make sure the stock closes where you want it to. Only works with liquid stocks- but then again any stock that has options is usually pretty liquid. 80% of options expire worthless. That tells you all you need to know. It means the people who write the options win 80% of the time. If the market weren't manipulated that figure would be a LOT lower.