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E*TRADE The good and the bad

An SI Board Since May 1997

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74	Paul and all, Maybe for complicated transactions, one should use a regular or d	Martin Wormser	-	6/24/1997
73	Paul and Rick, Thanks for your posts providing URLs. I'll check them both	Carl Zbad	-	6/24/1997
72	Important reading for all on-line traders: www5.zdnet.com	Paul Reuben	-	6/22/1997
71	Carl~Your complaints are certainly legitimate re: brokerages' policies. I&	Rick C.	-	6/20/1997
70	Rick, Good hedging strategy. My gripe is that brokerages establish such high	Carl Zbad	-	6/18/1997
69	Hello Holland~ I'll probably do the changeover to Win 95. Am aware of some	Rick C.	-	6/17/1997
68	<Over the weekend I came very close to changing my desktop to Win 95 from my	holland	-	6/17/1997
67	<<Compared to buying a stock and selling a covered call, selling a naked	Rick C.	-	6/17/1997
66	AT, << I think the best way to transfer funds is to do it 1/4 th at a ti	Carl Zbad	-	6/17/1997
65	AT, << Just what risk is there in a covered call? >> You have to	Carl Zbad	-	6/17/1997
64	>. We all hate to be trapped on the sidelines when the game gets hot. <&	AlienTech	-	6/17/1997
63	At, << Now I am stuck during the most important week in the dd sectors y	Carl Zbad	-	6/17/1997
62	>> True, most options expire OTM. But the risk in writing an option is mu	AlienTech	-	6/17/1997
61	AT, <<An option writes makes money 75% of the time while an option buyer	Carl Zbad	-	6/17/1997
60	Oh you are going to love this.. I used to have a 65k account but after a couple	AlienTech	-	6/16/1997
59	>> A lot of the requirements for options trading are nonsensical to me. F	AlienTech	-	6/16/1997
58	AT, <<Why would you need a margin account since ETrade only does covered	Carl Zbad	-	6/16/1997
57	Etrade does transfer your funds when they say. And it takes a day for the funds	AlienTech	-	6/16/1997
56	>> Over the weekend I came very close to changing my desktop to Win 95 fr	AlienTech	-	6/16/1997
55	AT~Thanks for the comments on my remarks. So many variables exist affecting pe	Rick C.	-	6/16/1997
54	Thanks Martin... E-Trade seems to be doing okay for me so far. My next step is	JAS	-	6/16/1997
53	Old news...	Mark	-	6/15/1997
52	Interesting Link techstocks.com Jumper	Jumper	-	6/15/1997
51	<just happen to notice (mistakes) favour ETrade!> I'm with you on th	Jumper	-	6/15/1997
50	Alien, Do they really discourage phone trading? They actually want me to call	Martin Wormser	-	6/14/1997

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