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The Covered Calls for Dummies Thread
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4805The week ahead.....GM is to report earnings this week. A couple of different stJerome-3/10/2007
4804I was just pointing you at a vehicle that avoids specific stock risk, if one weralanrs-3/10/2007
4803>>> Most returns in covered calls are evaporated by the put insurance tJerome-3/10/2007
4802alan, i make 6.25 in cd (3-5yrs). Coverd calls must offer me 8-10% to take the aSonki-3/10/2007
4801You can write covered calls against QQQQ (Nasdaq 100). That avoids the one stocalanrs-3/10/2007
4800HI UF ! good to see u r still around ! As for CC (cov call), i always felt it waSonki-3/10/2007
4799I have been selling covered calls on my Qcom since about 2002 in both my regularJGoren-3/8/2007
4798GM Premi's look good - that's a 3 or 4% return in 6 weeks, excluding divrkf-3/8/2007
4797You could get $8.50 a share for the Jan '09 40's. Lots of ups and downs Road Walker-3/8/2007
4796Thanks- very complete and helpful response --thanks againKen R-3/8/2007
4795If you're required to remove roughly $10K of something, and you have roughlyalanrs-3/8/2007
4794RMD =Required Minimum DistributionKen R-3/8/2007
4793>> it seems sensible to do so as often as I can on the amount to cover my Uncle Frank-3/8/2007
4792100% in QCOM at 76 years old. Who needs diversification. :-) If you do decidgolfinvestor-3/8/2007
4791Help --I have an IRA that is 100% QCOM. I'm 76 so am required to take the miKen R-3/8/2007
4790It's a strange one. From what I can see, each contract consists of 76 shareUncle Frank-3/8/2007
4789Concerning SNDK...What does the SNDK option -ceudh refer to? Its priced at .20 aJerome-3/8/2007
4788Entered a QCOM position today and covered at the April 421/2 strike for .95 AlsJerome-3/8/2007
4787Should have checked the charts before I wrote. Must have been confusing the top JGoren-3/8/2007
4786Thanks, but it's only about 2 hours to the patent heart of the South, LongviJGoren-3/8/2007
4785>> I've been shoveling outside for hours. Here's what it looked Uncle Frank-3/8/2007
4784<i>The top recently was, I think, 54 on the MediaFlo news and rumors of poMike Buckley-3/7/2007
4783<i>Note: the option expires on 4/21, and qcom reports on 4/25.</i> Mike Buckley-3/7/2007
4782Greetings John & UF, Just so you know, I always try and flip the QCOM ccTShirtPrinter-3/7/2007
4781Good point UF about selling before expiration. The problem is with the NOK licenJGoren-3/7/2007
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