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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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510	Hi Nate, Matthew....what do you use to identify the high yielding Puts. Do yo	Matthew B.	-	3/20/1999
509	<To: Matthew B. (500 ) From: FRANK J ( Ignore )	NateC	-	3/19/1999
508	To: Matthew B. (500 ) From: FRANK J ( Ignore )	NateC	-	3/19/1999
507	My strategy does not cause me to roll forward as I do not stick to a predefine	NateC	-	3/19/1999
506	Matthew....what do you use to identify the high yielding Puts. Do you have an	NateC	-	3/19/1999
505	Well, after messing with the MTZ put options, I finally closed the position an	Matthew B.	-	3/19/1999
504	Well. I gave it a try. Having gotten the results I realize it was a bad move.	Matthew B.	-	3/16/1999
503	what i do is sell on stocks i would be happy owning, even though i most likely	FRANK J	-	3/16/1999
502	Frank; I've had good success using the same strategy. Been selling puts on	Mike K	-	3/16/1999
501	my point about rolling is this: if you bought back your position, and sold , s	FRANK J	-	3/16/1999
500	One of my put stocks (MTZ) has collapsed (26 to 20.5 in 2 weeks). I sold the Ap	Matthew B.	-	3/15/1999
499	i am glad to see this thread alive again. i happen to follow matthews' str	FRANK J	-	3/15/1999
498	Furthermore (and maybe the experts on this board might be able to clarify) the	Matthew B.	-	3/12/1999
497	I believe the reason for the lottery is that not all the puts are exercised an	Matthew B.	-	3/12/1999
496	Well, that's surprising to me. Thanks for the insight. I must've had	napervillan	-	3/12/1999
495	I heard from my broker (www.investrade.com) that you would definitely get assi	Matthew B.	-	3/11/1999
494	Odds of Assignment when sold and ITM I've seen some descriptions of assign	napervillan	-	3/11/1999
493	Brokers supporting the posters on this board? Hi, new reader/contributor here.	napervillan	-	3/11/1999
492	<but it doesn't work that way for me with selling puts> What have y	Matthew B.	-	3/9/1999
491	<did you put them all in as limit orders at the bid?...or how have you learn	Matthew B.	-	3/9/1999
490	<Or,if you're aggressive....you can buy back the put, and then sell the	Matthew B.	-	3/9/1999
489	Tom, If I were assigned, I would indeed have to pay commissions. But then ag	Matthew B.	-	3/9/1999
488	I would rather have the diversification (risk reduction). The commissions profi	NateC	-	3/8/1999
487	< I guess our excitement comes right after options expiration where w	NateC	-	3/8/1999
486	Matthew.....when you sold all of these puts...... did you put them all in as l	NateC	-	3/8/1999

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