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The Covered Calls for Dummies Thread
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4755My blue-chip covered buy-write play of the week. Buy Amgen AMGN at 62.20, writeBridge Player-3/1/2007
4754Hate to say this, but I've been waiting a long time for it to get back into Road Walker-3/1/2007
4753SNDK has been a favorite of board members for some time. The 40 strike was mentiJerome-3/1/2007
4752Some good choices you have selected. PTEN and APC look as most likely to result Jerome-2/28/2007
4751Excellent! <g>.Bridge Player-2/28/2007
4750LOL- need a good laugh in this market. {edit} Actually I'm thinking AAPL wiRoad Walker-2/28/2007
4749The AAPL trade is indeed a-peeling.Bridge Player-2/28/2007
4748Buy/write on AAPL April 85's will net ~5%. Not bad.Road Walker-2/28/2007
4747For March covered calls or short naked puts, either one, I like COP 65, APC 40, Bridge Player-2/28/2007
4746If ISRG makes for light sleeping at night, stay away from it. But Then, with wJerome-2/27/2007
4745I've been watching ICE since the 120's, huge volatility, huge premiums -alanballow-2/22/2007
4744Jerome, If I could bring myself to buy it, I'd be writing ISRG on a monthlyHepps-2/22/2007
4743All Good points....All valid....my objective is to generate a 2% return per montJerome-2/22/2007
4742i don't think we disagree on this point a stock in a trading range is not aCarl Worth-2/21/2007
4741 I guess I see the main source of disagreement. Its a semantic/definitional TimF-2/21/2007
4740<I> whether you buy the stock at the same time you sell the calls, or alreTimF-2/21/2007
4739>>>i certainly don't write them on stocks i think are going down<Jerome-2/21/2007
4738historically, the market is going to go up gradually over time, around 8 to 10% Carl Worth-2/21/2007
4737>> if you sell calls, no matter how long you have owned the stock, thatUncle Frank-2/21/2007
4736whether you buy the stock at the same time you sell the calls, or already own thCarl Worth-2/21/2007
4735 I bought AMD awhile ago when I was bullish on AMD. I sold calls when I becameTimF-2/20/2007
4734 If you already own the shares and you write calls, that call writing is bearisTimF-2/20/2007
4733>>>if an investor is bullish on a company, and they turn out to be righJerome-2/20/2007
4732i would have to know the text of mcmillan's or roth's statements in ordeCarl Worth-2/20/2007
4731>> writing covered calls is a neutral to slightly bearish strategy, whereaUncle Frank-2/20/2007
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