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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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13262Dan, Thanks for taking the time to put together such a detailed response! <Smart_Asset-9/15/2000
13261RocketMan, Do you roll down, or take your lumps and sell, waiting for it to botDan Duchardt-9/14/2000
13260Very good description and advice, Dan. <i>If I think the stock has a lot RocketMan-9/14/2000
13259Tamson, <I>Any opinions on which is the better strategy re OTM or ITM?<Dan Duchardt-9/14/2000
13258BobinBush & Rocketman, Thanks for the thoughtful responses. I should have Smart_Asset-9/14/2000
13257Bob, that's a nice example you worked up. It shows how OTM calls are betterRocketMan-9/14/2000
13256Tamson; I have been doing covered calls for a little while and I try to write thBobInBush-9/14/2000
13255Tamson, I'm no expert. imho: Technically speaking, if you write calls againhivemind-9/14/2000
13254Question to the thread. qlgc is trading around $100. The jan 100's are at Smart_Asset-9/14/2000
13253Hello Jaytee and fellow investors, <i>jaytee at Sep 4, 2000 10:48 AM Hey Herm-9/5/2000
13252Very true... Nothing is perfect. You have to pick a good company in any way yodrenko-9/5/2000
13251Hey Herm: Great post. Your contributions are sorely missed. I understand, howevjaytee-9/4/2000
13250David, I am not heavily writing CCs, primarily because I think that someone whoDan Duchardt-9/3/2000
13249Dan, on those CCs that have tanked, if the fundamentals are still decent, in manDavid Lind-9/3/2000
13248Dan, Your thoughts in this postings exactly mirror my dilemma with cc writing..robwin-9/3/2000
13247David, There is no question that writing near term calls offers the possibilityDan Duchardt-9/2/2000
13246"It is very difficult to mix the two, and can also be very dangerous."OX-9/2/2000
13245good answer OX, (and a FAST one!) Thanks. I have been doing CC's for about garnett50-9/2/2000
13244"incremental" is buying the stock and at some later time writing the COX-9/2/2000
13243Hi Ox, would you mind expanding on "incremental" vs. "total-returgarnett50-9/2/2000
13242Hi Maywood, Like Dan's reply, I tend to go out more months for my CCs in orHerm-9/2/2000
13241I'm finishing up my second month selling covered calls. I have been very hapSurfratiam-9/1/2000
13240I used to use an "annualized return on investment" type of calculationBridge Player-9/1/2000
13239Graham, on CCs I don't like to go out farther than 30-45 days. A couple reaDavid Lind-9/1/2000
13238I agree with your approach. On CC positions have you any pet thoughts on how farGoldberry-9/1/2000
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