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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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685	Vol. Sometimes I close quickly if the situation changes rapidly. But two poi	Sam2482	-	6/19/1999
684	vicki, what do you do when the underlying moves against you? only taking in o	Vol	-	6/19/1999
683	Everyone has their own comfort zone but to me I would rather take smaller premi	Sam2482	-	6/19/1999
682	why don't you roll to next month? for example: sold egrp june 37.5 @ 3 c	FRANK J	-	6/19/1999
681	Well! This last month was one hairy month for put sellers. Will be assigned 7	Matthew B.	-	6/19/1999
680	<i>...My rule of thumb is take the strike price and divide it by 8. </	Tom K.	-	6/18/1999
679	tom, appreciate the advice...warning definitely heeded i keep an excel spreads	Vol	-	6/17/1999
678	<i>...combo might be to sell puts and buy some calls with the proceeds..	Tom K.	-	6/17/1999
677	Tom, Sorry I just got back from vacation. My point was by selling the longer te	Kevin Baker	-	6/17/1999
676	selling puts on positive earning suprises... orcl suprised to the upside yest	Vol	-	6/16/1999
675	depends on how you gauge returns... i aim for 15-20%+ premium/strike price rat	Vol	-	6/15/1999
674	<i>What kind of annual return are you guys getting (given you keep rollin	Tom K.	-	6/15/1999
673	What kind of annual return are you guys getting (given you keep rolling out)?	Matthew B.	-	6/15/1999
672	<i>agree, dell is solid for writing puts even with its decline </i>	Tom K.	-	6/14/1999
671	agree, dell is solid for writing puts even with its decline. have written puts	Vol	-	6/14/1999
670	<i>Do I need to explain myself or do you now understand my point? (ORCL)&	Tom K.	-	6/6/1999
669	<i>...but the downside on this one concerns me....</i> Vicki, you	Tom K.	-	6/6/1999
668	Tom. Take a look at CPQ JUN 22.50 selling @ .50. CPQ's chart shows it has	Sam2482	-	6/6/1999
667	Do I need to explain myself or do you now understand my point? (ORCL) Kevin	Kevin Baker	-	6/3/1999
666	<I>If the stock falls, you are assigned on the puts and now own the stock	Dan Duchardt	-	6/3/1999
665	Why would you want to sell puts on indexes? The premiums are only about 1%. Y	Matthew B.	-	6/1/1999
664	I was trying to apply the short puts logic to an index. Although that may be b	napervillan	-	6/1/1999
663	Tom and Vicki: Let's revisit this conversation on June 19th.	Kevin Baker	-	6/1/1999
662	I remember reading about this strategy (Sell put, if assigned sell straddle, if	Matthew B.	-	5/31/1999
661	Matthew B. wrote:<i>I tend to sell about 18 different issues at a time (f	Greg Higgins	-	5/31/1999

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