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Strategies & Market Trends
Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)
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1266 Thanx, Is there a certain % loss that you choose to sell? Can you define tank?SnowShredder-1/28/1999
1265 browser, crazy thing is that one call that cost me $3500 i sold for $10525 3 daMark[ox5]-1/28/1999
1264 what i do is buy at least 4! sell 2 if they double and sell the rest at whatevebrowser-1/28/1999
1263 WoW! wish i had guts to spend that kind of money!!! one call would be $3,500 bubrowser-1/28/1999
1262 Hello: Options trade in full contact units only. On RARE occasions, you'-----------1/28/1999
1261 Can you sell a partial options contract? With stocks I usually sell after 3-5%SnowShredder-1/28/1999
1260 Stop losses are good, but 2 problems 1) Most discount brokerages don't allMark[ox5]-1/28/1999
1259 Does anyone have a good method of limiting loss...eg. setting a stop/loss, wheSnowShredder-1/28/1999
1258 <<<never put in a market order! strictly a limit order! no option is wMark[ox5]-1/27/1999
1257 Anyone have a website that shows new options to be listed... for example I knowMark[ox5]-1/27/1999
1256 never put in a market order! strictly a limit order! no option is worth gettingbrowser-1/25/1999
1255 Hello: Welcome. 1). Unlike stocks, options trade on a next day settlement bas-----------1/25/1999
1254 Newbie Questions. Hi, thank you for starting this board. I have some newbie qimho-1/24/1999
1253 Thanks Jerry for your response. I have no difficulty with US options. It is theBob Hack-1/22/1999
1252 <i>Michael, what is RAES?</i> RAES stands for the retail automated Madpinto-1/22/1999
1251 Michael, what is RAES? Also, are you talking about trading online? When I havemfseasy-1/21/1999
1250 Hi Bob, if you are referring to Microsoft Investor, then the "syntax"Jerry Miller-1/21/1999
1249 <i>"What is the best commercial program for keeping track of Jerry Miller-1/21/1999
1248 I believe a fast market can only occur if officials at the exchange deem it impMadpinto-1/21/1999
1247 Hello: My guess is options work similar to stocks. One specialist may make a m-----------1/21/1999
1246 How fast can the market be if we are talking about options in an obscure companclochard-1/21/1999
1245 I have personally experienced fast markets as a market maker. It is a crazy sitMadpinto-1/21/1999
1244 Anyone: What is the best commercial program for keeping track of your portfolioFR1-1/21/1999
1243 Steve, Ref your slow fills - who are you using for quotes and are they live qujebj-1/20/1999
1242 I asked my broker about this and he checked and said "it was a fast marketclochard-1/20/1999
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