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Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)
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1591 Good idea. Thanks for the tip. In the actual case I did something like that tHoward Clark-7/27/1999
1590 Madpinto: Many thanks for the info and help. Mr. Generic-7/27/1999
1589 I see merits in both sides of the debate. Let me throw out a theory that lies sKevinD-7/27/1999
1588 I really depends on the situation. Usually, the calls reflect the spin-off in tMadpinto-7/27/1999
1587 Its problabley just my attitude about the qqq puts I tried trading them when thPerry Ganz-7/27/1999
1586 In the case you mentioned of the stock price taking off, a good alternative is KevinD-7/27/1999
1585 Can Anyone Explain How a Spin-Off May Affect Call Options? Let's use MicroMr. Generic-7/26/1999
1584 Yep. That makes sense. Thanks. Ron Ron Mgrublian-7/26/1999
1583 Ron, you are probably seeing BCST and GCTY options that turned into YHOO optionMama Bear-7/26/1999
1582 Hey Perry. I see what you mean by low volume. I guess I was lucky to get QQQTPSlow&steady-7/26/1999
1581 >When using E*Trade to research YHOO options, I get 3 different price levelsjebj-7/26/1999
1580 Hi Slow&steady funny name for an options player Its just the volume, or lacPerry Ganz-7/26/1999
1579 Perry, What kind of trouble you have with QQQ puts? I like them in this down mSlow&steady-7/26/1999
1578 When using E*Trade to research YHOO options, I get 3 different price levels forRon Mgrublian-7/25/1999
1577 thank you , my friend. wondering why the Dreyfus setup is so much different thaJerry Miller-7/25/1999
1576 Hey Jerry CBOE is easier to read for me This is the naz 100 quote.cboe.com prePerry Ganz-7/24/1999
1575 Anyone... i have a question. taking my first foray into index puts. looking atJerry Miller-7/24/1999
1574 Ref you comments - >First of all, the money belongs to us and not the goverjebj-7/23/1999
1573 Good point, Madpinto, it was the reasoning behind Howard Clark's point thatMarty-7/23/1999
1572 You are missing the fact that he is giving you the choice of <i>buying<Madpinto-7/23/1999
1571 Thanks for sharing your point of view. I completely agree with the notion we muMadpinto-7/23/1999
1570 wait a minute! if stock goes above 100 to 105 the 80 is worth 25 pts the 90 =15browser-7/23/1999
1569 <I>I would have thought that the time value portion of the option would Howard Clark-7/23/1999
1568 Thanks for your take on my question. I would have thought that the time value Marty-7/23/1999
1567 Hi Marty, I am an options newbie myself, but I will attempt to answer your firHoward Clark-7/23/1999
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