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The Covered Calls for Dummies Thread
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4680>> That's true but its not very relevant to options purchases, at leasUncle Frank-12/21/2006
4679<I> Picking the right number on a roulette table pays 35:1, but the gambliTimF-12/21/2006
4678>> The risk is higher, but the returns can be higher, and calls can substiUncle Frank-12/21/2006
4677Presently 90% on the sidelines right now but I never stop looking. Found some reharmonyss-12/21/2006
4676 The risk is higher, but the returns can be higher, and calls can substitute foTimF-12/21/2006
4675>> If options are cheap for now, it might make some sense to buy calls (orUncle Frank-12/21/2006
4674 If options are cheap for now, it might make some sense to buy calls (or puts iTimF-12/21/2006
4673Based on the premiums being offered, people think this market is going nowhere fUncle Frank-12/21/2006
4672Am currently short January puts on TOPT, ERF, PTEN, WMT, WTS, SLB (also short a Bridge Player-12/21/2006
4671NFLD Just to close this one out, I bought back the Jan 20 call and the 4 Jan 10alanrs-12/20/2006
4670Sorry, I leave my mind all over the place and sometimes it gets stepped on. You harmonyss-12/20/2006
4669with all due respect, if you are going to claim you sold a stock just before it Carl Worth-12/20/2006
4668I got lucky with NFLD, hoped to get called but didn't. Sold at 15.5 on the 1harmonyss-12/20/2006
4667yeah i noticed that the stock started tanking in earnest right after the confereCarl Worth-12/19/2006
4666I agree that the results don't seem that bad. If I do nothing but let this alanrs-12/19/2006
4665NFLD in the 5's after hours...this is why i played it with a LEAP <g> Carl Worth-12/19/2006
4664Hmm, those SNDK calls are up huge today.....im a survivor-12/18/2006
4663Second post regarding encana I've read in a row - FWIW Message 23110995 Borobert b furman-12/18/2006
4662Sold Encana ECA Jan 50 put 2.60.Bridge Player-12/18/2006
4661I did a buy/write on NFLD last week, buying the stock at an average price of $15alanrs-12/17/2006
4660I'm sticking with sndk as well. No guarantee the past repeats itself, but im a survivor-12/12/2006
4659Decided to keep SNDK, now well below my equivalent adjusted cost of 44, and willBridge Player-12/12/2006
4658Sold WMT Jan. 45 puts for .70Bridge Player-12/12/2006
4657>> UBS initiated their buy recommendation on 1/6/06, with the stock at aboUncle Frank-12/12/2006
4656in case anyone cares, i put part of my SPF position back on today by selling decCarl Worth-12/12/2006
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