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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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485	Or,if you're aggressive....you can buy back the put, and then sell the upst	NateC	-	3/8/1999
484	Matthew....somewhere in one of McMillan's books.....I remember reading that	NateC	-	3/8/1999
483	<i>The commissions profile only changes if you sell too little of any one	Tom K.	-	3/8/1999
482	Tom, I would rather have the diversification (risk reduction). The commission	Matthew B.	-	3/8/1999
481	Matthew, I'm not a regular on this thread.... just happened to wander over	Tom K.	-	3/7/1999
480	My, this appears to be a slow moving board! Given that we can be much more suc	Matthew B.	-	3/7/1999
479	I started selling puts last Tuesday. They were as follows: MTZ MTZPE(25) 2-	Matthew B.	-	3/6/1999
478	you can buy the put back now and keep the money, or you can wait until the opti	BigDaddyMac	-	3/6/1999
477	An April put I sold 2 days ago has almost dropped to half its value. The under	Matthew B.	-	3/5/1999
476	if your stock is above 5 bucks per share, then you can use it for the margin re	BigDaddyMac	-	2/28/1999
475	definition of margin question: I know how to calculate margin required by Brow	Vol	-	2/26/1999
474	Mitchell...you're making sense here. Personally...I'm not going to sel	NateC	-	2/21/1999
473	well lets get this thread up and running shall we NateC What are your calls fo	BigDaddyMac	-	2/19/1999
472	If you own the stock, you can sell a covered call...and you're covered. If	NateC	-	2/19/1999
471	own the stock sold the put, but explain the other also; thanks	Orion	-	2/15/1999
470	I was just reading the tax ramifications of selling puts & calls. Very int	Merlo	-	2/15/1999
469	< What is the purpose/risk of selling covered puts?> What do you mean by	NateC	-	2/14/1999
468	What is the purpose/risk of selling covered puts? thanks	Orion	-	2/13/1999
467	Writing naked puts initial margin requirements generally is: 1. 20% of strike	JimieA	-	2/11/1999
466	To all: Does anyone know the general margin requirement for naked put selling?	Joyce Chen	-	2/11/1999
465	Just cut and paste and type <> around the text. That's what I do any	J. P.	-	2/9/1999
464	Jim....I've been happy so far with ameritrade...what got me was their $8 eq	NateC	-	2/9/1999
463	To: Rick C. (449 ) From: J. P.	NateC	-	2/9/1999
462	$29 per execution is more then is charged by my brokers Investrade and Dreyfus.	JimieA	-	2/9/1999
461	I'm with Ameritrade....paying $29/options trade. Am I being had?	NateC	-	2/9/1999

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