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Calls and Puts for Income

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4416	POT moving well with good momentum to the upside so I am holding those short put	The Vet	-	7/15/2010
4415	<i>Why is the distribution tax free? </i> I'm not sure, but app	The Vet	-	7/15/2010
4414	"There are other ETF's that might do the job, but few pay regular month	Debt Free	-	7/15/2010
4413	<i>There are no debit balances in the sale of short puts and therefore no	The Vet	-	7/14/2010
4412	A quick followup. Position has been unwound mostly as a flat trade legged out.	dealmakr	-	7/14/2010
4411	I am really impressed by your description of your put selling activity, and I th	tyc:>	-	7/14/2010
4410	FWIW...Short puts don't make bad long term investments, you know !! I can&#	tyc:>	-	7/13/2010
4409	dealmkr, thanks - they said to buy eod on the day of the report and sell early n	Gottfried	-	7/13/2010
4408	Gottfried, These guys had a blog post about AA if you want to give it a read.	dealmakr	-	7/13/2010
4407	Sold Short 5000 CAT 67.17-67.2 Sold Open %0 CAT JUL 72.5 Put 5.7-5.75 Should ha	dealmakr	-	7/13/2010
4406	<i> Isn't "deep-in-the-money" when the risks of an adverse m	The Vet	-	7/13/2010
4405	Sold short 3000 CAT 67.11 Sold Short 30 CAT Jul 70 Put 3.41 This is an example	dealmakr	-	7/13/2010
4404	Most interesting. (I used to write a lot of covered calls, but never was involve	tyc:>	-	7/13/2010
4403	Closed the following short term trades I opened last week... SLW Aug 21 2010 21	The Vet	1	7/13/2010
4402	<i> some of the dialogue generated by my naked put question went over my h	The Vet	-	7/13/2010
4401	the AA straddle will be a loss because AA didn't move enough after earnings	Gottfried	-	7/13/2010
4400	Vet Thanks for the info. I must admit some of the dialogue generated by my nak	Delfino R Zavala	-	7/13/2010
4399	Thanks again ! Your broker was wrong and deserved to lose his client. My re	tyc:>	-	7/12/2010
4398	<i>I have come to the conclusion that it is wrong to hold on to a falling	The Vet	-	7/12/2010
4397	Thanks Vet. I have been giving thought to the risk of covered calls (and nak	tyc:>	-	7/12/2010
4396	<i>Surely the profit profile of a cash covered put is the same a that of a	The Vet	-	7/12/2010
4395	Surely the profit profile of a cash covered put is the same a that of a covered	tyc:>	-	7/12/2010
4394	"Aren't all put sales, by definition, naked?" A covered put is wh	dealmakr	-	7/12/2010
4393	Yes the terms can be confusing, but selling (writing) puts does have a downside	The Vet	-	7/12/2010
4392	I do sell puts but they are cash covered (or covered by a liquid, low volatility	The Vet	-	7/12/2010

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