How To Write Covered Calls - An Ongoing Real Case Study!

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How To Write Covered Calls - An Ongoing Real Case Study!

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Emcee: Herman J. Matos	Type: Unmoderated

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13012	PTEK might be a better bet since its trading @ 3 and has leaps. The Jan 02 5'	AlienTech	-	7/3/2000
13011	Herm, I assume from the premium that the JAN10s you refer to are also 2002LEAPS	Dan Duchardt	-	7/3/2000
13010	Herm, I opened a position in IFMX this morning with Jan.'03 7.5 calls. Am a	RWS	-	7/3/2000
13009	Dan, thanks!!	JungleCat	-	7/3/2000
13008	JCat, <I>So, if I do buy-to-close the same underlying written call, then	Dan Duchardt	-	7/3/2000
13007	I got a fairly nice fill on those IFMX LEAPs Spreads. Picked up the IFMX 5s JAN0	Herm	-	7/3/2000
13006	Hivemind, thanks!! So, if I do buy-to-close the same underlying written call,	JungleCat	-	7/3/2000
13005	Dan, At the moment I favor short puts (cash/margin secured), as they save me a s	hivemind	-	7/3/2000
13004	If I may Jungle cat, I'm no expert, but I'll give you my take on how i	hivemind	-	7/3/2000
13003	Dan or anyone, I wrote some covered calls for the first time (total newbie) of	JungleCat	-	7/3/2000
13002	<< make sure you sell them for stocks you want to own at the strike price	Bridge Player	-	7/3/2000
13001	hivemind, You are right. The CC vs put writing issue has been kicked around he	Dan Duchardt	-	7/3/2000
13000	Thread, I'm sure someone must've asked this before, but what the heck -	hivemind	-	7/3/2000
12999	Thanks Herm: I am glad someone else agrees here. With over $1 a share in cash,	virgil vancleave	-	7/3/2000
12998	Hello Virgil, I took a vacation day to stay home and do some paper work. I did	Herm	-	7/3/2000
12997	Looks like I am having a bad month. First on since last year. ifmx just tanked	virgil vancleave	-	7/3/2000
12996	Herm, Thank you for your complete response. I will certainly check out all of	Saul Seinberg	-	7/3/2000
12995	Dan, earlier this year I had an experience that made clear to me a quite plausib	Bridge Player	-	7/1/2000
12994	Thank you Dan for a real good explanation. Walter	Walter Thomi	-	7/1/2000
12993	Ryan, Thanks for the input. <I>I see a lot of AMES stores closing up sh	Dan Duchardt	-	6/29/2000
12992		Gary E	-	6/29/2000
12991	<< If the stock price prior to the expiration date goes above 70 does it	Bridge Player	-	6/29/2000
12990	Bull Put Spreads - Two Questions Current Stock price of 61.5 Sold ITM short Ju	Marc Hamburg	-	6/29/2000
12989	Dan, you are perfectly correct on AMES, IMHO. I ended up with 1000 shares aft	David Lind	-	6/29/2000
12988	Dan, I'm stretched out a little thin, so I let ROST go. It never got to a	Jonathan Thomas	-	6/29/2000

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