The ultimate play:STRADDLES on earnings announcements.

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The ultimate play:STRADDLES on earnings announcements.

An SI Board Since June 1996

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Emcee: farouk a. hassieb	Type: Unmoderated

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65	Hi everyone- I have been looking to increase the performance of some of my sto	Nathan L.	-	8/6/1996
64	Blake, That's what I meant, but look at stocks that are less stable than KO	Avi Halpern	-	8/5/1996
63	Avi, Does "Close(near) to price-out of the money" mean the same thin	Blake Hoffman	-	8/4/1996
62	Example would be If IBM is at 107 on Monday after Options experation day, "	Avi Halpern	-	8/2/1996
61	what does close to price calls every month for that month mean? could u illustr	dr. z	-	8/1/1996
60	I'm bullish on the markets' range The recent highs of 5700 (end of May)	Avi Halpern	-	8/1/1996
59	Amir, CHIR should split 8/2/96 and relaese earnings 8/8/96. Usualy a stock will	Avi Halpern	-	8/1/1996
58	Amir - To me CHIR looks to be heading down as with tech's I follow. Maybe	Chris Baker	-	7/31/1996
57	Avi - Thanks for your insights I've learned the hard way there is no easy	Chris Baker	-	7/31/1996
56	Farouk, Chris & Avi: I am new to the world of options, but I have been doi	Amir Desai	-	7/31/1996
55	Chris Terminology: straddle is when you buy call and puts for the same strike p	Avi Halpern	-	7/30/1996
54	Farouk. Good Trading (Again) - Good going holding onto those USRX puts! Mayb	Chris Baker	-	7/27/1996
53	Chris, I have tried the strategy that Avi mentioned in the past(on HWP, USRX,	farouk a. hassieb	-	7/27/1996
52	Avi - You are on to something there, and I'm thinking of trying this too.	Chris Baker	-	7/26/1996
51	Hi Guys I'm doing the same thing but only with volitile stock on the last f	Avi Halpern	-	7/25/1996
50	Farouk - You probably have a good sense of market timing of USRX, but here'	Chris Baker	-	7/25/1996
49	Chris, What brokerage do you use to trade your options? If you go to the CBOE.	farouk a. hassieb	-	7/25/1996
48	Interesting on INTC. Hope you do well with USRX. I tried your earnings combi	Chris Baker	-	7/24/1996
47	Chris, I have been using a similar strategy with leaps and short-term puts bef	farouk a. hassieb	-	7/24/1996
46	Farouk I buy mostly Put-Call combinations rather than Straddles. I have lon	Chris Baker	-	7/24/1996
45	Jeng, I did well on IOMG but didn't make out like a bandit, which in my op	farouk a. hassieb	-	7/23/1996
44	Sonny, Sorry I couldn't reply sooner, had alot of work to do. If you stil	farouk a. hassieb	-	7/23/1996
43	farouk, did you make out like a bandit on IOMG? Looking ahead, what do ou thin	Jeng Chiu	-	7/20/1996
42	Farouk, your option strategies on IOMG and many others have been awesome! I th	Sonny Blue	-	7/18/1996
41	Jeng, All eyes will be on Intel tommorow as well as the CPI report. The marke	farouk a. hassieb	-	7/16/1996

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