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To: yard_man who wrote (25209)12/22/1997 3:32:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
I don't trade options, but it seems that one would need a lot of available capital to do what you are suggesting. For example, if the stock is at 40 and the option is at 2, a $5,000 option position would require $100,000 to be offset via stock.

Tom