The ultimate play:STRADDLES on earnings announcements.

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The ultimate play:STRADDLES on earnings announcements.

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115	I use Regal ($29.) over the phone. But when I start the "option's clu	Jay Baca	-	7/22/1997
114	Well I think that for the experiment to work that need to set exact buy and sel	John Liu	-	7/22/1997
113	John - remember my strangle experiment? Here are some mumbers.... ibm 100put	Jay Baca	-	7/22/1997
112	I think that no matter what the analysts say the people on SI that invested in	John Liu	-	7/22/1997
111	exchange2000.com From that post - read about 5 or 6 previous post on the qntm t	Jay Baca	-	7/21/1997
110	I got mine from Yahoo/Zacks which listed a consensus estimate of .67 for the qu	John Liu	-	7/21/1997
109	John - Briefing reported that qntm beat mean estimates by .02 at .61 Sales up 2	Jay Baca	-	7/21/1997
108	The DD should be volitle again since Quantum missed the analysts estimate. Joh	John Liu	-	7/21/1997
107	John - I read "you should never buy an option with a market order or you&#	Jay Baca	-	7/21/1997
106	Pretty interesting. It would be surprising to see which way this thing turns ou	John Liu	-	7/19/1997
105	Strangle experiment: At the close of Friday - here are Aug. option $'s for	Jay Baca	-	7/18/1997
104	John, To find the real answer - you probably should paper trade and find out.	Jay Baca	-	7/18/1997
103	Just wondering what rules do you use if any in straddling. I heard that options	John Liu	-	7/18/1997
102	TXN 2 day chart... tscn.com This is one of the reasons why strangles - BEFORE	Jay Baca	-	7/15/1997
101	Robert - check out the calender of earnings anouncements... exchange2000.com a	Jay Baca	-	7/15/1997
100	Jay and thread: any thought re a straddle or strangle on MCI. Seems like stock	Mike 2.0	-	7/14/1997
99	I should have listened to you. What next??? MRVC, SFAM, ....	Robert Sherman	-	7/14/1997
98	JBIL & ADBE They both reported earning in the last couple of days. 10-Da	Jay Baca	-	6/19/1997
97	Robert, >>>Anyway, I am looking for new cadidates for a strangle. How	Jay Baca	-	6/16/1997
96	Speaking of earnings - Did anyone do a straddle/strangle on MU?? ORCL is nex	Jay Baca	-	6/16/1997
95	Robert, I look for volatility in stocks when choosing a straddle play. I like	Carl Zbad	-	6/16/1997
94	Carl, you are absolutely correct. I was using the wrong terminolgy which can be	Robert Sherman	-	6/16/1997
93	Jay, thanks for pointing us out to these very useful sites. I reviewed the writ	Robert Sherman	-	6/16/1997
92	Definition of Straddle and Strangle: e-analytics.com J geocities.com	Jay Baca	-	6/9/1997
91	Robert, << if a stock ABC is at 42 then I will buy a 45 call and 40 put	Carl Zbad	-	6/9/1997

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