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Strategies & Market Trends : The Covered Calls for Dummies Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FaultLine who wrote (1101)	6/20/2001 9:48:48 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 5205

FL, practically nothing has been said about when, how, and why to pull the trigger and completely liquidate a position in the context of a covered call writing program (puts too). Please feel free to chew on this issue. Thanks for the invitation but I since I don't have a covered call writing program I don't think I can offer much in that context. If others are really interested in the topic, I'll sit on the sidelines and enjoy the discussion, maybe occasionally piping in when I feel I have something to offer that might be of value. --Mike Buckley

To: FaultLine who wrote (1101)	6/20/2001 12:30:40 PM
From: PoetTrader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5205

Faultline...That's really what I'd love to see...for instance, once UF pointed out that sebl's earnings came out two days before expiry I decided to play my sebljul45's differently. Now the cc's I sold I will try to close after any downdraft in order to try and play runup into earnings, sell after news (as long as it dips) and then look at getting into August cc's after the next run-up...thoughts? comments? Also here is a scenario I would appreciate any advice on... I have underlying positions on ciena at the following prices: 100 61.58 200 56.15 300 41 200 36.35 on the 300 at 41 I have 3 45julcalls that I sold at 3.60...they are now going for around 1.60...Should I buy to close out and make my 2 points and then go back and try and sell 8 calls at WHAT PRICE? In Aug??...etc? thanks in advance, PoetTrader