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Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)
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2091<i> Interesting, a broker I dealt with back in the '90s used to call sLKO-6/12/2001
2090<i> Thanks LKO and Mama Bear for your clarification of the meaning of the LKO-6/12/2001
2089What does the term "short put" mean?Howard R. Hansen-6/11/2001
2088Thanks LKO and Mama Bear for your clarification of the meaning of the terms nakeHoward R. Hansen-6/11/2001
2087Here's the definitions according to the PHLX: phlx.com Scroll down to the Mama Bear-6/11/2001
2086<i> By a naked put I mean writing a put in an account in which there is inLKO-6/11/2001
2085<i>Good point. There is some inconsistency about whether having enough casMathemagician-6/11/2001
2084<i>I hope we are talking about the same thing. By a naked put I mean writiMathemagician-6/11/2001
2083PoetTrader, If you check the current CIEN price you will see the downside of buholland-6/11/2001
2082Long calls and puts simply means that you purchase the option instead of sellingJoe Waynick-6/11/2001
2081Howard please let me clarify. I should have said, "the risk/reward ratio ofJoe Waynick-6/11/2001
2080I hope Benjamin, Jerold are able to do what you are looking for. I couldn'tHoward R. Hansen-6/11/2001
2079<i>since naked puts are equivalent to covered calls. </i> Writing nHoward R. Hansen-6/11/2001
2078<i>Why not maintain the required equity in cash? I have yet to hear a goodHoward R. Hansen-6/11/2001
2077Great link! Thank you. That’s exactly what I was looking for. It made no sense tJoe Waynick-6/11/2001
2076Thank you Howard for your response. Several others have told me the same thing. Joe Waynick-6/11/2001
2075Mathemagician & Howard, It is not the existence of a margin account in an IKFE-6/10/2001
2074<i>No broker will let you write naked puts in an IRA account. To write nakMathemagician-6/10/2001
2073Thanks Howard ... My Broker just responded with a firm 5:00PM ET Deadline. SounMr. Generic-6/10/2001
2072<i>But, if news is released after the market close on expiration Friday thHoward R. Hansen-6/10/2001
2071<i>Does anyone know of an online broker who allows naked puts in an IRA acHoward R. Hansen-6/10/2001
2070Benjamin & Jerold for one. I don't know anything about them except what Mama Bear-6/10/2001
2069Does anyone know of an online broker who allows naked puts in an IRA account? MyJoe Waynick-6/10/2001
2068How does one exercise call options after Market Close? I have 10 call option coMr. Generic-6/8/2001
2067Holland...so funny you should mention this strategy as I just arrived at the samPoetTrader-6/7/2001
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