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Selling Puts: Have Cash Will Travel

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910	<i>...good point. without sellers i would have a hard time buying....<	Tom K.	-	1/23/2000
909	<i>...Perhaps you could share your favorite repair techniques....</i&g	Tom K.	-	1/23/2000
908	OX, I agree completely with this, in that those who are dissing put sales are m	David Lind	-	1/23/2000
907	good point. without sellers i would have a hard time buying. regards	taxman	-	1/23/2000
906	"<i>I've found that writing PUTs fits my need for a simple a	jjs_ynot	-	1/23/2000
905	<i>... Please be careful when you are selling puts...</i> Cutthroa	Tom K.	-	1/23/2000
904	everyone... it's been stated many times that one can't sell puts on ju	OX	-	1/23/2000
903	<<you are correct as long as you can guarantee me that the stock cannot g	TheHahnz	-	1/23/2000
902	I have run across brokers who will pay interest on short funds, but I can't	OX	-	1/23/2000
901	if you only make this play once for a short term, the loss of interest on the s	taxman	-	1/23/2000
900	fine ! There's more than one way to skin a cat ! However, in the liquid s	tyc:>	-	1/23/2000
899	"selling...put...less risky than...purchase of ...stock" yes, you ar	taxman	-	1/23/2000
898	"shorting the common would still be the correct way" for the sake of	taxman	-	1/23/2000
897	Re: risk of put selling let's assume you are interested in taking a 100 sh	TheHahnz	-	1/23/2000
896	Tom, Please be careful when you are selling puts. If you are ever forced to get	Cutthroat	-	1/23/2000
895	In a subsequent posting I said <<So the first question one must answer	tyc:>	-	1/23/2000
894	Sorry Greg, I didn't mean to suggest that a short straddle of MSFT was reco	tyc:>	-	1/23/2000
893	wmchen writes: <I>If my puts are in the money, AND the stock heads south,	Greg Higgins	-	1/23/2000
892	wmchen writes: <i>Look at the profit profile offered by MSFT straddle. &l	Greg Higgins	-	1/23/2000
891	No Ox, It's not quite as you say ! There is good upside potential which	tyc:>	-	1/23/2000
890	a couple of points... (1) that's why I only go out 1 month and don't o	OX	-	1/22/2000
889	>>>buy calls and short the stock which is a synthetic put, so you'	OX	-	1/22/2000
888	<i>...i respectfully disagree with the soundness of your selling put stra	Tom K.	-	1/22/2000
887	There is another strategy for getting out of a threatened short put position, o	tyc:>	-	1/22/2000
886	no problem. in fact what you wrote is damn good advice, probably more eloquen	taxman	-	1/22/2000

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