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Options for Newbies -(Help Me Obi-Wan-Kenobe)

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916	What happen to option price when spin off occurs? Does anyone know or had expe	silInv	-	7/4/1998
915	I sent Datek an E-Mail the other day asking if they allowed option trading. The	BILL G. WRIGHT	-	7/3/1998
914	i've got accounts on e-trade and datek, but can't find how to trade op	gaj	-	7/3/1998
913	Sorry for the delay in response. No. I do not know of any site. However, as a	Girish Patel	-	6/30/1998
912	Sorry for the delay in reply. I have not checked SI for a while. Now for some	Girish Patel	-	6/30/1998
911	Did you mean you sold the September 50 calls? That is correct (the importance	j lawrence	-	6/29/1998
910	<i>What I decided to do was to sell the September 30 calls</I> Did	Madpinto	-	6/29/1998
909	As I said in my previous post, I was long 5 contracts F September 50 calls whic	j lawrence	-	6/28/1998
908	Don't take this as a recommendation. I do have a thought on what you can do	Madpinto	-	6/28/1998
907	Girish: Thanks for useful analysis of CHKPF choice of calls. Could you take a	Brian Hecht	-	6/25/1998
906	Can be done. Takes some steps and the complexity of creating an entity (ie a t	NHBob	-	6/22/1998
905	hi. i bought LEH lehman brothers calls before they announced earnings. i boug	jef saunders	-	6/22/1998
904	I'm very sure you will not be able to sell puts in an IRA. This level of o	Carl Fritch	-	6/19/1998
903	Michael: Thanks for your timely response. Judging from the activity in the co	George Bielski	-	6/19/1998
902	Check with your account first. I do not know if the IRS allows put selling in a	Madpinto	-	6/19/1998
901	If you buy back your puts, you protect yourself from the stock falling below $2	Madpinto	-	6/19/1998
900	This has been an interesting thread. I started trading options three months ag	j lawrence	-	6/19/1998
899	To all: writing puts in IRA accounts? I am interested in writing puts as ways	Jay Goal	-	6/19/1998
898	All: Options question needs answer. I wrote 20 Netscape June 25 puts a while ba	George Bielski	-	6/18/1998
897	I'm posting a portion of answer to a question someone asked me a few months	Madpinto	-	6/18/1998
896	Options months always include the first two months (eg. Jun & Jul currently	Madpinto	-	6/18/1998
895	Question that hopefully will provoke some theories: As we are coming up on an	tom rusnak	-	6/16/1998
894	Hello: Options usually trade on 3 cycles at a time. As soon as the May options	----------	-	6/15/1998
893	Question for all --------- If a stock is on a Feb-May-Aug-Nov cycle, when do t	tom rusnak	-	6/14/1998
892	Anyone know of a website or software which tracks rising option volume for var	Andrew H	-	6/14/1998

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