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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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885	i have everything you mentioned except the grandson, but that's not the iss	taxman	-	1/22/2000
884	How do you cancel a memo? I thought I was replying to a PM. Sorry about this	tyc:>	-	1/22/2000
883	"one more (perhaps obvious) point. A short put has the same profit profile	taxman	-	1/22/2000
882	<i>...Here's one I've been looking at... MSFT Feb100P... </i&g	Tom K.	-	1/22/2000
881	<i>...it has been my experience that one cannot get rich using either of	Tom K.	-	1/22/2000
880	i agree with ox's reply. theoretical value for options is based on histori	taxman	-	1/22/2000
879	thanks for the welcome. as you know from another post, i think you give up t	taxman	-	1/22/2000
878	Wow, 3-4 pts per month for a single position? That's too hot for me at thi	David Lind	-	1/22/2000
877	i agree that a covered call is less risky than owning the stock outright. but	taxman	-	1/22/2000
876	i totally agree.	OX	-	1/22/2000
875	Ox, Good points regarding various trading strategies. It is my opinion that th	TheHahnz	-	1/22/2000
874	there's definite money flow into small caps. A/D line is firming. NH/NL lo	OX	-	1/22/2000
873	That's right OX, you get larger %moves with the cheapies, have greater risk	TheHahnz	-	1/22/2000
872	>>> 1pt/wk it is per option sold... for me to sell a feb00 put now, I	OX	-	1/22/2000
871	i don't want to get too deep into this because I don't have a lot of pr	OX	-	1/22/2000
870	OX, regarding your general goal of 1 Pt. per week till expiry. I assume that	David Lind	-	1/22/2000
869	<i>..."shorting the stock.... that is very risky".... true--but	Tom K.	-	1/22/2000
868	<<I would not initiate 'repair' procedures until one of the legs	tyc:>	-	1/22/2000
867	from what you've said on short straddles, I would not initiate 'repair&	OX	-	1/22/2000
866	i was going to respond to your orig post #863 also. basically, there's a re	OX	-	1/22/2000
865	welcome to the thread taxman, I agree, short puts are risky, but no more risky	OX	-	1/22/2000
864	TM, option pricing typically move around the black-scholes model, and volatili	TheHahnz	-	1/22/2000
863	isn't the premium based on stock volatility regardless of the price? regar	taxman	-	1/21/2000
862	"shorting the stock.... that is very risky" true--but so is selling	taxman	-	1/21/2000
861	if there is no time premium in a put it is likely that exercise is imminent. r	taxman	-	1/21/2000

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