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To: Ashley Campbell who wrote (104550)	2/24/1999 2:50:00 PM
From: Kayaker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Ashley, buying/selling options without reading a good book or 2 (or 3 or 4) is IMHO suicidal. exchange2000.com

To: Ashley Campbell who wrote (104550)	2/24/1999 2:57:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

re why ldeah instead of ldeaf? Probably to have more upside to go ? Perhaps historically there is a big difference in probability that DELL will be 65 as against 70? Freeus But of course I want to hear LOD or Edamo's answer! And I just bought back all my calls at a limit of 5.25. It took a while as the price had to wait for DELL to come back down under 86.Now I need an up day to sell the LEAPS.Dont I?

To: Ashley Campbell who wrote (104550)	2/24/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Respond to of 176387

Ashley, check out this site: cboe.com There's a lot of very good, free educational stuff there. In addition, they have software called the Options Toolbox which will allow you to construct and evaluate a wide range of options positions. There are options calculators, historical volatilities and a lot more there. That would be my first stop. MacMillan's book is good, but talk about dry! TTFN, CTC

To: Ashley Campbell who wrote (104550)	2/24/1999 3:35:00 PM
From: edamo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

options/leaps dell i think if you follow the thread freeus was attempting to repair a position already set...not to buy but to sell..always sell the highest strike if you have a proclivity to hedge, but feel there is an upward bias to the underlying...tis a contradiction, why sell at all, but when you do and need to repair it is a possible solution...i'm not the one to query on buying of calls as it is a strategy i rarely use , i prefer the sell side...better odds..good luck, ed a.