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Strategies & Market Trends : Three Amigos Stock Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sergio H who wrote (8730)	9/13/1998 4:52:00 PM
From: JoeinIowa	Respond to of 29382

Sergio, The three biotechs that I follow are CEPH, IMNR, CORR. I think the key with them is having a feeling for their bottoms. That way you can play the intraday swings and buy the options at the low end. At least thats the idea. Jose

To: Sergio H who wrote (8730)	9/13/1998 5:13:00 PM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29382

Joe I am still just slowly getting a sense and feel of what options are all about,realizing I must get a real grasp of them now--especially now. Mike's comment that I wouldn't have pulled-trigger at break-even on my NEM if I had simply of had defensive puts on NEM--and I now am seeing this as an excellent strategy---if done right your losses on worthless expirations will still leave you with a nice profit. But my specific question is this,is the volitility factor written into a price of an option--and is the votility measure the beta number? Or is there another number to look for---thanks,Max