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

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1966	<i>What do you like in IRA accounts?</i> Pretty much what was in my	RoseCampion	-	7/27/2000
1965	Rose, I agree with you on all counts. Leveraged naked puts and margined covered	jjs_ynot	-	7/27/2000
1964	David, <i>That's why I said that while on paper CCs and NPs may have	KFE	-	7/27/2000
1963	Rose, I second the CCs on QQQ. So far a great strategy for me, as I have been a	David Lind	-	7/27/2000
1962	I will chime in here with another "voice of personal experience" that	RoseCampion	-	7/27/2000
1961	David, if you do not exceed the amount of money that you have, you can not get a	Mama Bear	-	7/27/2000
1960	Barb, it really doesn't take a huge amount of leverage in short puts to put	David Lind	-	7/27/2000
1959	Dan, you are right on the money with the point about the risk of overexposure wi	David Lind	-	7/27/2000
1958	Something else that we might want to focus on is that the ideal timing for selli	Mama Bear	-	7/26/2000
1957	David, You make a valid point about the potential for overexposure with naked p	Dan Duchardt	-	7/26/2000
1956	Zach, if an investor is truly dedicated to holding the position through expirati	David Lind	-	7/26/2000
1955	David, <i> Why do you think most brokers will give just about anyone the	Zach E.	-	7/25/2000
1954	David, in your example it is the leverage that is where the risk comes from. On	Mama Bear	-	7/25/2000
1953	Dan, you asked my opinion about the relative dangers of a naked put versus a CC.	David Lind	-	7/25/2000
1952	I've been studying different option strategies recently. I was selling them	magicslr	-	7/24/2000
1951	David, Why is it any more dangerous to be short a put compared to holding a CC?	Dan Duchardt	-	7/23/2000
1950	Be extremely careful with naked puts. Although calls profit you if the underlyi	David Lind	-	7/21/2000
1949	Thanks for the info. That explanation made better sense than the one by the guy	Ron	-	7/20/2000
1948	<i>I hope that what I've written above helps, and if there are any err	hivemind	-	7/20/2000
1947	Ron, I am far from an expert on options. However, I definitely recommend "	Zach E.	-	7/20/2000
1946	Glad I found this thread. I have made nice profits with selling covered calls.	Ron	-	7/20/2000
1945	Deltatrader shows real-time quotes from all 4 exchanges with the ability to sen	bogumil	-	6/16/2000
1944	Thanks, Dan. eom	Wyätt Gwyön	-	6/16/2000
1943	Mucho, I think that even with the free service you can get delayed options quo	Dan Duchardt	-	6/16/2000
1942	Dan, Thanks for that info. I just checked out the MyTrack site. Which of the s	Wyätt Gwyön	-	6/16/2000

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