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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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610	And, as an aside, on PSIX... I really believed that the relatively high (entir	napervillan	-	4/22/1999
609	Mr. Aloha, Thanks. Clearly Peter (previous post) and I both need some kind of	napervillan	-	4/22/1999
608	MR Aloha How do you tell implied volatility? Pete	Peter Blackburn	-	4/22/1999
607	When you find a stock that has low implied volatility and you think it's go	Mr. Aloha	-	4/22/1999
606	PSIX and Volitility in Put Pricing I'm short PSIX Oct 35's @ $6.25. L	napervillan	-	4/22/1999
605	I don't recommend doing it unless you can closely watch the charts and be r	Mr. Aloha	-	4/20/1999
604	My, you guys are brave! Selling naked puts on internet stocks scare me. The f	Matthew B.	-	4/20/1999
603	By the way, the warning I gave against selling naked puts against internet stoc	Mr. Aloha	-	4/20/1999
602	Sorry, I meant puts.	Kevin Baker	-	4/20/1999
601	Thanks for the reassurance -- I guess I totally misinterpreted his post. I did	Mr. Aloha	-	4/20/1999
600	Mr Aloha I think you got the guy wrong. He said it all in the first sentence	Roy Travis	-	4/19/1999
599	Why would you have been better off not doing the spread at all vs. selling the	Mr. Aloha	-	4/19/1999
598	Mr. Aloha, you said a mouthful. I wrote a put and bought a put on NTBK the oth	klemaire	-	4/19/1999
597	Doug, sure that helps.... you took out half of the equation. Look at the exampl	Tom K.	-	4/19/1999
596	Tom, I think you are missing something. Let's ignore the CALL for the mom	Debt Free	-	4/19/1999
595	<i>...you should always sell out of the money calls...</i> Kevin,	Tom K.	-	4/19/1999
594	Selling in the money puts also requires a higher level of cash to cover the pos	Kevin Baker	-	4/19/1999
593	That would be the same as buying back the puts with no premium except you'd	Kevin Baker	-	4/19/1999
592	.... probability of exercise.... cost Doug, because there was virtually no tim	Tom K.	-	4/18/1999
591	Tom, Thanks for your response. What do you base your comment on about the p	Debt Free	-	4/17/1999
590	<i>...I am looking for comments on this strategy... </i> Doug, wi	Tom K.	-	4/17/1999
589	I am looking to sell some puts (LEAP preferably) on quality companies that ar	Debt Free	-	4/17/1999
588	<i> I am new to options but would like to get involved in a fairly low ri	Tom K.	-	4/16/1999
587	Yes, you can do this, but your risk is not that much less than buying the under	Mr. Aloha	-	4/16/1999
586	Thanks Mr. Aloha. Is there any advantage to selling a put one strike price bel	Bino	-	4/16/1999

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