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To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (58681)8/1/2005 4:16:22 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 58727
 
Hello,

Any idea if there is any plan to decimalize options the way regular equities decimalized a year or two ago? I often trade short term out of the money options, and the spread between 15 cents and 20 cents is pretty frickin wide. The options markets should move to decimals and put in the same requirement to honor prices that Nasdaq uses. If the market makers are making 15 cents (buy) at 20 cents (sell) for a contract, I should be able to put in my bid at 16 cents and get filled before anybody gets filled at 15 cents.

It's highway robbery the way things are set up at the moment.



To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (58681)4/3/2006 1:45:09 PM
From: sea_biscuit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 58727
 
I am a newbie to options. I have never dealt with them. But now, I want to dip my toes in the waters. For e.g. if I want to put some money on Google long-term (that it will be cut in half over the next 2-3 years), how do I go about it? I know that I have to buy some LEAPs (puts?) on GOOG, but can't understand the details.

Can you or anyone else here explain with an example?

Thanks.


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