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2736I have orders in to buy 2 contracts each. One thing I don't like is that yogypsees-6/16/2004
2735i bot a straddle on KBH which also reports after the close. stock is at 63.25 bocharlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
2734Lol.. At least you're in good company..lol. This whole week has been sucky sgypsees-6/16/2004
2733Thanks for sharing the info Charlie. I've lost a bundle on my options playsgypsees-6/16/2004
2732lol - suks to be me! What a dud market day. Dow -2.41; NASDAQ +1.99 - BLAH!Mike E.-6/16/2004
2731last week had a straddle on MATK going into earnings. stock was approx 60.00 i hcharlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
2730Lol... I think you had it right in the first sentence... MRVC - Crap!..gypsees-6/16/2004
2729MRVC - crap - I better start keeping up. dam work is getting in the way today.Mike E.-6/16/2004
2728Just a guess based on the way the sun reflects off the Canadian continent duringMike E.-6/16/2004
2727Lol.. I'm not sure if I am going to vote or not.. I'm still debating...gypsees-6/16/2004
2726you sound like you have intimate information about Ian ...blind-geezer-6/16/2004
2725BALDMike E.-6/16/2004
2724so how do you pick which one to bet ... earnings after hour ??? FDA rulings ???blind-geezer-6/16/2004
2723<<i will buy the jun 25.00 puts for 10 cents and the jun 30 calls for alsoblind-geezer-6/16/2004
2722Thanks for the info Charlie. I really HAVE to study over this!gypsees-6/16/2004
2721premium increases due to volatility really are stock specific. CYBX had large prcharlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
2720one more thing about straddles is that i will often take out of the money calls/charlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
2719<<You know you love it!..>> yes, yesy, yes whack it harder <ggg&blind-geezer-6/16/2004
2718Lol.. I never kiss and tell ;o) I can see right now you've been spending wgypsees-6/16/2004
2717You know you love it!.. Lol...gypsees-6/16/2004
2716<<i'll try and remember to post when i take the trade so you can folloblind-geezer-6/16/2004
2715you have the right strategy. basically you use a straddle when you expect a big charlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
2714can you give us a lecture on straddles ... according to the bible: A strategy coblind-geezer-6/16/2004
2713CYBX now up +13.50 and has traded over 30 million shares thats 75% of the QQQ vocharlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
2712my vote not bald except for the part in the middle of his head lol.charlie mcgeehan-6/16/2004
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