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

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1891	Madpinto, Good point on the spread. I made the same observation to someone el	Dan Duchardt	-	3/22/2000
1890	You may want to consider a bull call spread given your risk tolerance and outlo	Madpinto	-	3/22/2000
1889	KY, <I>Buy some Jan 02 contracts...maybe 160s. (Here's where I need	Dan Duchardt	-	3/19/2000
1888	To the thread, I'm looking to take my first ever option trade (just got th	KY	-	3/19/2000
1887	<I>hivemind (not henry <GG>)</I> OOPs!! Sorry Dan	Dan Duchardt	-	3/18/2000
1886	Thank you Dan for your detailed and informative reply. OX, I appreciate your t	hivemind	-	3/18/2000
1885	hi Dan, thanks for that link. it sure looks like they allow it there. but there	OX	-	3/18/2000
1884	OX, Thank you for the kind word. I do try to put myself back where I was when	Dan Duchardt	-	3/18/2000
1883	Thorough as always Dan. I will just say that for an IRA acct, I still don't	OX	-	3/18/2000
1882	if you are able to establish the synthetic long (which includes naked puts), th	OX	-	3/18/2000
1881	Henry, <I>I am wondering if it is possible/permissible to write (covered	Dan Duchardt	-	3/18/2000
1880	I am wondering if it is possible/permissible to write (covered)calls against a	hivemind	-	3/18/2000
1879	Thanks Dan, I guess I really should look that site over a bit if I plan to con	Daniel Simon	-	2/29/2000
1878	Rose, regarding your comment about watching TA on TERN, there is no TA worth wa	David Lind	-	2/29/2000
1877	anyone looking at BVSN or AMAT calls?? how about EMLX or AAPL or even EGRP whic	Jim B	-	2/29/2000
1876	Rose, Thanks for the additional alternatives. I've yet to do a spread bec	Dan Duchardt	-	2/29/2000
1875	<i>Way too scary for me to bet on a near term decline of the magnitude ne	RoseCampion	-	2/29/2000
1874	Thanks, Dan. I had pretty much reached the same conclusion-not a good risk/ret	Geof Hollingsworth	-	2/28/2000
1873	<I>Anyone have suggestions for how to play the TERN puts?</I> Don&	Dan Duchardt	-	2/27/2000
1872	Jacob, Sorry for the late response. I took a week off and didn't even loo	Dan Duchardt	-	2/27/2000
1871	Daniel, Here's a place where you can get a good overview of tax implicatio	Dan Duchardt	-	2/27/2000
1870	Hi Doug, I just wanted you know I still frequent this board from time to time.	Madpinto	-	2/26/2000
1869	For those who play spreads, wall st access has recently added an onsite spread	the options strategist	-	2/25/2000
1868	Why the delay? I finally bought those WBXAE, all at 4 5/8, all this morning.	Jacob Snyder	-	2/24/2000
1867	this is a grey area, but if you read the tax guidelines doc at the cboe, each o	OX	-	2/23/2000

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