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The Covered Calls for Dummies Thread

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4280	Greetings Unc, Using memory from home, just last week July 70's on QCOM wer	TShirtPrinter	-	6/24/2004
4279	Hi, JG. I wrote June65s for 2.35 last month, and then Q took off. Thought I wa	Uncle Frank	-	6/24/2004
4278	I also had June 70's expire that I had sold for 2.75. It got close, but ba	Dr. Id	-	6/21/2004
4277	my june 70's qcom expired; figured i would wait a few days and see if the st	JGoren	-	6/21/2004
4276	Yup, but personally I'd feel safer writing the July 70s at .0442 per day tha	Uncle Frank	-	5/27/2004
4275	I agree with everything you say. It is different with the $ 75.00 calls. July .4	jhs565	-	5/27/2004
4274	The 75 strike price is well out of the money, and the July prices are influenced	Uncle Frank	-	5/27/2004
4273	Uncle Frank, it looks to me that right now it is most profitable to sell QCOM Oc	jhs565	-	5/27/2004
4272	Good thinking as usual Uncle Frank.	Andrew N. Cothran	-	5/26/2004
4271	Actually, sort of thought QCOM might dive before then and could do some buyback	J F Allen	-	5/26/2004
4270	Actually, it would be more profitable to sell the Junes, wait for them to expire	Uncle Frank	-	5/26/2004
4269	Given that I think the market will do little positive until Nov., I just sold co	J F Allen	-	5/26/2004
4268	RMBS CC testing result, wow, what a ride. At least I was able to cut the loss to	Jon Khymn	-	5/21/2004
4267	Good point. There is stuff about the treatment of "offsetting positions&qu	Dan Duchardt	-	5/20/2004
4266	<i>Wouldn't that be true of buying puts against a long position as wel	Dr. Id	-	5/19/2004
4265	>> The IRS deems the selling of DITM calls to be a "consructive sale&	Uncle Frank	-	5/19/2004
4264	Selling DITM calls makes sense if you are very confident the stock will drop but	Dan Duchardt	-	5/19/2004
4263	Thanks Dominick. John	jhs565	-	5/15/2004
4262	Hi jhs: Though max pain for May is 95, RIMM does have the potential to drop to	Dominick	-	5/14/2004
4261	Question to all: If I am worried about weak stock market and wake up in the mid	Jon Khymn	-	5/14/2004
4260	Thanks ... and sorry, I am traveling and using a "wrong" calendar. Jo	jhs565	-	5/14/2004
4259	One small detail - RUPQQ expires May 22, 2004. You have another week to go to ea	wilywilly	-	5/14/2004
4258	Dominick, hopefully you won't mind a "PUT question". Today at 15.	jhs565	-	5/14/2004
4257	Thee is no free lunch. My full service broker informs me that the quoted bid/ask	wilywilly	-	5/11/2004
4256	Is this free money or not: After the merger of ADVP into CMX, the ADVP calls be	wilywilly	-	5/11/2004

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