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

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

An SI Board Since June 1997

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2116	Dan, may I ask who is your broker? Joe	Joe Waynick	-	6/20/2001
2115	Folks, be careful with those naked puts. See what they are doing to Dell <G&g	LKO	-	6/19/2001
2114	Poet, <I>I'm too new to know exactly how a protective put works...per	Dan Duchardt	-	6/19/2001
2113	<i> The purchase of the shares for which you did not have the cash would b	LKO	-	6/19/2001
2112	LKO, <I>- Someone had to loan me money for 2 nights (Saturday and Sunday)	Dan Duchardt	-	6/19/2001
2111	Mike, I have B & J for my IRA, my wife's IRA, and soon my mother's I	bobkansas	-	6/18/2001
2110	Very funny post LKO! However, I do represent the remark "average Joe"	Joe Waynick	-	6/18/2001
2109	<i> I can see from your post that trading options in an IRA pose some uniq	LKO	-	6/18/2001
2108	Great post LKO. Thanks so much for your thoroughness and real-life example. I	Joe Waynick	-	6/18/2001
2107	Howard, your point is well taken. Thank you for directing me to LKO’s link.	Joe Waynick	-	6/17/2001
2106	More trivia on Options trading in retirement (tax deferred) accounts. Here is a	LKO	-	6/16/2001
2105	Howard, <i>I can easily see why Benjamin said you could sell naked puts i	Mike Buckley	-	6/15/2001
2104	<i> sell naked puts (backed by 100% cash on the underlying security,</i	Howard R. Hansen	-	6/15/2001
2103	Holland...yes, this is true and today I'm further yet in the hole, but I pla	PoetTrader	-	6/14/2001
2102	Very good points Mike . . . Ben did tell me that they were planning to imple	Joe Waynick	-	6/13/2001
2101	Joe, <i>I like what I read on their web site.</i> I did too but I	Mike Buckley	-	6/13/2001
2100	Thanks Mike for the nice message . . . I must agree that I was also very im	Joe Waynick	-	6/13/2001
2099	To clarify in writing what Joe and I learned on the phone: stockoptions.com --M	Mike Buckley	-	6/13/2001
2098	Joe, Thanks to Greg Hull, I became aware of your post about "Benjamin and	Mike Buckley	-	6/13/2001
2097	I had a long talk with the “Benjamin” in “Benjamin & Jerold” about their IRA	Joe Waynick	-	6/13/2001
2096	<i>Short means that you've sold to open your position. Long means that	Howard R. Hansen	-	6/12/2001
2095	Short means that you've sold to open your position. Long means that you'	Mama Bear	-	6/12/2001
2094	<i> But I still haven't figured out the connection between selling a p	LKO	-	6/12/2001
2093	<i>So, "short put" means you sold a put.</i> I accept you	Howard R. Hansen	-	6/12/2001
2092	<i> What does the term "short put" mean? </i> Here is how	LKO	-	6/12/2001

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