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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

An SI Board Since June 1997

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260	Hi To All: I'm just getting my feet wet with trading options and would app	m. g. williams	-	11/13/1997
259	Hello, What we have for tomorrow's open(11/13/97) is one of two possible o	Merlo	-	11/13/1997
258	John: Equity options open 15 minutes after the stock market opens. They close	----------	-	11/13/1997
257	Merlo: I was wondering if it was just a flashback or was I really seeing somet	----------	-	11/13/1997
256	All: What are the official market hours for options? I know that equities trade	John M. Hammer	-	11/13/1997
255	If they do, there can be only 2 possibilities: 1) they are offshore brokerage	----------	-	11/13/1997
254	Gegs, I like your system. In McMillan's book he ranks strategies that sel	Vol	-	11/12/1997
253	Hello, For a while now I've been saying the high tech's look dangerous	Merlo	-	11/12/1997
252	Golfer9, Margin requirement is a big factor. The CBOE has a minium margin req	Gegs	-	11/11/1997
251	As a help to this thread, one must remember the margin requirements with regard	Golfer9	-	11/11/1997
250	Merlo, Although you are technically correct, as a practical matter you are ext	Gegs	-	11/11/1997
249	Jonathan, I too almost exclusively sell puts to start a position on stocks I w	Gegs	-	11/11/1997
248	John: You have the right idea. IMO, I only sell puts on a stock I WANT to own	----------	-	11/10/1997
247	I own WCOM. You may very well be correct, Merlo. It should take WCOM about a	----------	-	11/10/1997
246	Hello, Yes, your correct but you could be put the stock at anytime it falls at	Merlo	-	11/10/1997
245	Help......... I've been trading options off and on for over a year now	John Leach	-	11/10/1997
244	Hello, I've rolled the dice on TBR several times and came out a winner. I	Merlo	-	11/9/1997
243	Merlo: The biggest premiums I have noticed lately are on TBR. If it wasn't	----------	-	11/8/1997
242	Hello, Here's a few wild swinging stock's to buy puts & calls on T	Merlo	-	11/8/1997
241	Doug, The calls are a part of a short strangle (Nov 95 calls, Nov 65 puts) tha	P.T.Burnem	-	11/8/1997
240	Hi Merlo~Agree that this is a good traders mkt. for buying straight puts and ca	Rick C.	-	11/8/1997
239	With the market so volatile, the premiums are going up. I've got calls writ	----------	-	11/7/1997
238	P.T.: I've paid a 1/16th for a call. You must want to write some others n	----------	-	11/7/1997
237	Hello, I think the best strategies are to buy back the call and close out the	Merlo	-	11/7/1997
236	Paying 1/16 for a call, possible? I am trying to buy to close INTC Nov 95 call	P.T.Burnem	-	11/7/1997

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