Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)

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Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)

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1691	Believe it or not, this situation is not that much different than most other vo	Madpinto	-	11/16/1999
1690	re: huge spreads When QCOM exploded last week, implied volatilities also went	RoseCampion	-	11/16/1999
1689	That's a very good question. Unfortunately, I do not have a definitive resp	Madpinto	-	11/16/1999
1688	Does that mean if I want to buy a low number of contracts (say 40), it is bette	Ken	-	11/16/1999
1687	You are absolutely correct. Every crowd has to honor at least 10. Many crowds w	Madpinto	-	11/16/1999
1686	Yes, I believe the option specialist is obligated to fill your order for up to	Jon Tara	-	11/15/1999
1685	Just a newbie, LongonDell. From what I can look at, I see a lot of volume but	Richard James	-	11/15/1999
1684	Richard, do you have any thoughts on the trading in ICIX calls today? It looke	SecularBull	-	11/15/1999
1683	<i>OI increases when a contract is written. OI decreases when a contract	Madpinto	-	11/15/1999
1682	Here's a basic question about liquidity: I am interested in doing some opti	Boon	-	11/14/1999
1681	Looks like the puts will cost you $.75/sh net, you are protected from a loss gr	Richard James	-	11/14/1999
1680	Richard, The stock is VTSS. I'm also thinking about doing this on some AO	Dr. Id	-	11/13/1999
1679	JDB, Thinking in the abstract is always difficult. Can you tell me the symbol	Richard James	-	11/13/1999
1678	Your strategy makes perfect sense. Here's the only down-side. With the st	Jon Tara	-	11/13/1999
1677	Question to any options experts out there: I'd like to trim some holdings	Dr. Id	-	11/13/1999
1676	OI increases when a contract is written. OI decreases when a contract is exerc	Jon Tara	-	11/10/1999
1675	Hi Madpinto, With open interest... does the OI increase only when people buy t	SnowShredder	-	11/9/1999
1674	<i>"I want to be out of that stock for the next few weeks. But I do	Mama Bear	-	11/7/1999
1673	>>>But I don't want the taxable event. be careful here if one of	OX	-	11/7/1999
1672	Guess I should have said. The idea is to sell the deep in-the-money calls, and	Guy Gordon	-	11/7/1999
1671	Deep ITM covered calls might be used if you feel strongly that the stock will m	Jon Tara	-	11/7/1999
1670	RE: Does anybody here use deep in-the-money covered calls instead.... A newbie	Eye	-	11/7/1999
1669	Does anybody here use deep in-the-money covered calls instead of puts to protec	Guy Gordon	-	11/6/1999
1668	Unix option calculator? I wrote one for DOS command-line many, many, many moon	Jon Tara	-	11/6/1999
1667	>>UNIX opt calc If you find one, please post the answer here. I would l	OX	-	11/6/1999

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