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Calls and Puts for Income
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4641Yeah and you can even now write weeklies on those VIX options! cboe.comoptions101-10/1/2010
4640ETF, re VIX The VIX, as you discovered, is not a tradable instrument. The VIXkaka110/1/2010
4639You can sell a put at current price and a call at higher strike price!!amoezzi-10/1/2010
4638strangler, I tried VIX in my IB account and 'index' is greyed out. here&Gottfried-9/30/2010
4637I was attempting to do a covered call today on VIX but was told that VIX was notETF Strangler-9/30/2010
4636Opening position WFR updated 09/24/10 05/03/10 Bot 2500 WFR 13.19 05/03/10 Soldealmakr -9/25/2010
4635Opening Position KLIC 09/21/10 09/21/10 Bot 5000 KLIC 6 09/21/10 Sold 50 Oct 6 dealmakr -9/23/2010
4634Delfino, Never a problem logging in. You might want to call thinkorswim directkaka-9/22/2010
4633The screen colours, font size and layout are difficult to use without a large scThe Vet-9/21/2010
4632Vet, Kaka Do you have bigger computer screens to be able to use the small scrDelfino R Zavala-9/21/2010
4631Delfino, You can also practice using thinkorswim during market hours by loggingkaka-9/21/2010
4630Thinkorswim is very powerful (read complicated to navigate) mainly because the sThe Vet-9/20/2010
4629vet Thanks for the info. I have seen the Thinkorswim software on the website aDelfino R Zavala-9/20/2010
4628Any option trade with 2 legs on the same underlying stock can be placed on AmeriThe Vet-9/19/2010
4627Vet I use Ameritrade and would like to buy a call and sell a put on NOV. I wenDelfino R Zavala-9/19/2010
4626OK. CSCO is a good example... opened with..... 09/07 Bought CSCO Apr 16 2011 2The Vet-9/19/2010
4625<i>I am also using synthetic long positions in stocks that don't have Debt Free-9/19/2010
4624Opening position WFR updated 09/17/10 05/03/10 Bot 2500 WFR 13.19 05/03/10 Soldealmakr -9/19/2010
4623It's been a good month option writers so far. Enough volatility to get reasoThe Vet19/18/2010
4622The Aussie dollar traded to the top of it's recent range today with the currThe Vet-9/9/2010
4621Easy money... I covered my "at the money" puts this morning which I The Vet-9/3/2010
4620Interactive Brokers is the least expensive options trading firm that I am aware rllee-9/3/2010
4619WilyWilly, Being in cash account automatically puts some restrictions on it. DaDinesh-9/3/2010
4618MARINER ENERGY Trading the nearby at the money put today against all the nervoThe Vet-9/2/2010
4617wilywilly Found this regarding fidelity ETF trading.... personal.fidelity.comkaka-9/2/2010
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