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Option Spreads, Credit my Debit

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542	The discussion lately has gotten the caliber that it has forced me to go back a	jjs_ynot	-	2/15/1999
541	Nate Maybe wait till thur? EMC may go back up to 105! Hey It could happen! I	BUYandHOLD	-	2/15/1999
540	Ken, Welcome aboard, as a former ROP we will all be asking you a lot of questi	dealmakr	-	2/14/1999
539	Dave, Could be used on puts or calls. You are correct about best chance is wh	KFE	-	2/14/1999
538	In the spread that you describe; it seems that the amount of the increment away	jjs_ynot	-	2/14/1999
537	Nate - right they would make you buy 1000 shares at 90; then you use those to c	dazzled	-	2/14/1999
536	Dave, The butterfly spread I am referring to is shorting two options of the sam	KFE	-	2/14/1999
535	<This is actually a common strategy for shorts and not rare at all. It	NateC	-	2/14/1999
534	>>> Is it still possible to do a butterfly for a net credit (without	jjs_ynot	-	2/14/1999
533	>>> Are you getting paid interest on credit balances derived from	jjs_ynot	-	2/14/1999
532	Eight points in the money and not exercised. This should never happen. Realize	KFE	-	2/14/1999
531	>>> One of my favorite strategies was to do OTM credit spreads wit	jjs_ynot	-	2/14/1999
530	Dave H and Dave S, Good thread. Nice to see a thread that sticks to the subject	KFE	-	2/14/1999
529	Nate, If you short a stock @ 100 and write puts on that stock at a strike pric	dealmakr	-	2/14/1999
528	Dave......the MPT guy is Louis Navellier. I subscribe to one of his services..	NateC	-	2/14/1999
527	David while you're going "back to the books", if you could explai	NateC	-	2/14/1999
526	Butterfly, Straddle, Strangle Condor or whatever. Any spread approach is fine a	jjs_ynot	-	2/14/1999
525	That is correct it is the variance relative to S&P 500 variance. It is not	jjs_ynot	-	2/14/1999
524	Nate, Credit spreads Debit spreads Backspreads Ratio spreads Straddles Strangl	dealmakr	-	2/14/1999
523	Dave...I'm talking about let's say American Power Conversion APCC is at	NateC	-	2/13/1999
522	Dave...you wrote Beta represents the amount that a stock can be expected to v	NateC	-	2/13/1999
521	Do you mean writing a covered call or a covered put against a short position?	jjs_ynot	-	2/13/1999
520	Beta represents the amount that a stock can be expected to vary in a short term	jjs_ynot	-	2/13/1999
519	BTW......Does a covered combination qualify as a spread for this forum?..e.g.	NateC	-	2/13/1999
518	I was on www.cboe.com today...looking at their volatility tables. There must	NateC	-	2/13/1999

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