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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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435	Fellowfool: Just to be clear, I often buy back back (to close) my positions be	Gegs	-	1/23/1998
434	Re: your response to Hugh, please don't feel that you are being "un-re	fellowfool	-	1/23/1998
433	Hugh, Not to be un-responsive but, I like all these positions equally. When I	Gegs	-	1/22/1998
432	Part 2 on what works for me... (had more time than I thought, missread the clo	Douglas M. Benedict	-	1/21/1998
431	I've done a fair bit of Option Writing and my experience has taught me a fe	Douglas M. Benedict	-	1/21/1998
430	J.P. I too like selling puts. I would much rather be the recipient of time pre	Hugh A. McWhorter	-	1/21/1998
429	Gegs--of all you posted which do you rate as the best short put write and why?	Hugh A. McWhorter	-	1/21/1998
428	Carlson--excellent choice of IDTI. I bailed out when the stock headed south an	Hugh A. McWhorter	-	1/21/1998
427	FF, Thanks for the response. I've tried just about everything there is in	J. P.	-	1/21/1998
426	Hugh, The following are some of the short options I have open currently. ADBE	Gegs	-	1/21/1998
425	Hugh, I previously informed you that I sold IDTI January 10 puts. These expired	Carlson	-	1/20/1998
424	O.K.--if anyone's up to it let's post what we are putting. Hope others	Hugh A. McWhorter	-	1/20/1998
423	J.P. wrote: "Do you prefer to sell deeper in the money puts and enjoy a	fellowfool	-	1/19/1998
422	Hugh, I like Hummingbird for very simple reasons: earnings growth, cash on han	White Shoes	-	1/19/1998
421	White Shoes--sorry, just picked up your post. I have been out of Cottf puts f	Hugh A. McWhorter	-	1/19/1998
420	Hi, This strategy has intrigued me for some time, and I've used it occasio	J. P.	-	1/19/1998
419	Thanks.	Joe Allison	-	1/18/1998
418	Through your broker but will usually end up paying the ask price on the bid/ask	Allen Furlan	-	1/17/1998
417	How do you buy treasuries? What are their available increments?	Joe Allison	-	1/16/1998
416	Best strategy is to buy treasuries and keep them in margin account and use that	Allen Furlan	-	1/16/1998
415	Doug, Yes, I suppose a broker <i>could</i> do what you mentioned.	John M. Hammer	-	1/14/1998
414	John: I know this isn't going to be popular, but brokerages are holding th	----------	-	1/13/1998
413	My brokerage for options trading is Greenline (perhaps only in Canada). I colle	fellowfool	-	1/13/1998
412	Waterhouse & Margin Requirements. I hate that too. My solution is to hold	VincentTH	-	1/13/1998
411	Waterhouse does, however, move cash from your money market to your "margin	John M. Hammer	-	1/13/1998

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