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Strategies & Market Trends : How To Write Covered Calls - An Ongoing Real Case Study! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom K. who wrote (7896)	7/19/1998 3:06:00 AM
From: Joe Waynick	Respond to of 14162

Excellent suggestion Tom.

To: Tom K. who wrote (7896)	7/19/1998 3:43:00 PM
From: Vol	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14162

Tom, Joe, and others... Thanks for your input. I agree IBD is a good source. Motley Fool actually has a list of 100 stocks that have Value Line #1 Timeliness Ranking which they update every Fri/Sat. The list has IBD RS and EPS rankings as well. I own several stocks on this list for long term holds. fool.com One concern I have for IBD RS, or any other RS ranking, is that by definition, a stock with a high RS (Dell, AOL, AMZN), is probably overpriced. I'm a little uneasy CCing an overpriced stock that could have a long way to fall fast, esp since, as we all know, CC strategy has limited gains and unlimited losses (without protective puts). It's kind of hard to win just hitting a few singles and doubles, when the opposing team knocks out a Grand Slam every now and then. Ever in search of the safest, most consistent CC strategy, Vol