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Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)
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1641 Go to the CBOE web site. Download the options calculator program from the "Hectorite-9/17/1999
1640 If you can figure out a way to use open interest to make money, let me know! Madpinto-9/16/1999
1639 The more out of the money the calls are, the more leverage you have. However, wMadpinto-9/16/1999
1638 Mike: Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You wrote <<a stock would go up bsatish kamat-9/16/1999
1637 Interesting opinion Madpinto. I trade options regularly, but have yet to mastGrandk-9/16/1999
1636 Every option is a contract between two parties. The contract comes to be when aMadpinto-9/16/1999
1635 What does it mean when the opening interest goes down from the previous day? AGrandk-9/15/1999
1634 I never recommend specific trading strategies. However, I can give you hypothetMadpinto-9/15/1999
1633 Madpinto, can you or somebody else help define an option strategy for followingsatish kamat-9/14/1999
1632 How did you determine "theoretical" value for the put? Madpinto-9/13/1999
1631 Rose, <i>Can anyone see any problem (legal or financial) with the above KFE-9/12/1999
1630 Who is the best online broker strictly for options trading? -- executions, quotKen-9/7/1999
1629 Slow & steady: Here's madpinto's answer to a slightly different que-----------8/30/1999
1628 While I've not tried it with options, it still remains legal vis-a-vis the -----------8/30/1999
1627 Question: anyone. does the Beta on say, call options, increase as the price oJerry Miller-8/29/1999
1626 www.tradepbs.com (Dreyfus) offers options trades for $15, and they will even acVegas Kate-8/29/1999
1625 Can anyone explain why the theoretical value for a put would be so drastically Slow&steady-8/27/1999
1624 Herschel's question about unloading a boatload of options at once reminded RoseCampion-8/27/1999
1623 As Madpinto already said, this isn't advice. Just a battle story. I had a l-----------8/26/1999
1622 I do not give advice on how to trade, and the information here should not be coMadpinto-8/25/1999
1621 Madpinto, Maybe you (or anyone) can answer this one: Has anyone been so fortunHerschel Rubin-8/25/1999
1620 Excellent question. I'll do my best to answer it. Volatility is the componMadpinto-8/24/1999
1619 Can someone explain what "implied volatility" means. TIA CHICAGO, Alimit-8/24/1999
1618 The CBOE said you must exercise the options by calling your broker. The August Madpinto-8/21/1999
1617 I have already asked my broker to exercise them, and put the negative stock iShtirlitz-8/21/1999
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