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WR's Covered Calls
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Emcee:  Wayne Rumball Type:  Unmoderated
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I'm no expert on it, but since I've had so many people ask me to explain the CMOS covered call I decided we might need a new place to discuss it.

Bought CMOS yesterday at 19 n change and wrote Feb 20 calls at 5 7/8

Bought CMOS today at 17 3/8 and wrote Feb 17 1/2 calls at 5.50
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68Wow you surfaced LOL WOW.. I opened SI.. you shouldda seen the dust fly off youCogito Ergo Sum-3/21/2023
67damnit, i didn't take your advice and you spend the rest of your life watchWayne Rumball13/18/2023
66Funny, I haven't been on SI for quite some time, and just yesterday I was loWayne Rumball-7/6/2006
65Any thoughts on CMOS? Any idea what would be a good buy price? Thanks.Market Rookie-6/22/2006
64No, I'm married.Patrick Slevin-12/1/2005
63arec you looking for a date?Wayne Rumball-12/1/2005
62You are a wonderful man, Congratulations on your dedication to what you believePatrick Slevin-11/30/2005
61while the thread might be dead the idea is still sound why the hell do I have aWayne Rumball-11/30/2005
60Just checking. Had this thread marked and wanted to make certain I could let itPatrick Slevin-11/27/2005
59Bought back my CMOS calls on Monday for 2 n change Wrote $25's on yesterdayWayne Rumball-11/15/2000
58<point here is not to try and find a 10 bagger. It is to make low risk plays Patrick Slevin-11/6/2000
57I am new to this. And still need to learn. From what I've heard if I'mWayne Rumball-11/6/2000
56Well, it's not that it is a bad strategy. In a bull phase it comes down to tPatrick Slevin-11/6/2000
55But, is it not a good strategy if you plan to be long a stock for any lenght of Wayne Rumball-11/5/2000
54<i>If you wrote calls and the stock goes up, they are soon so far in the Patrick Slevin-11/5/2000
53Wayne, you didn't miss anything, just the way I posted I guess was a little stu fabian-11/4/2000
52<i>No, I used to do the same thing but I do not write calls anymore. The BWayne Rumball-11/4/2000
51Huh? What did I miss? Whatcha got against writing covered calls on $18 stocks Wayne Rumball-11/4/2000
50"How is the bridge working out? Get EZ Pass yet?" Nahhhhh, since youstu fabian-11/1/2000
49No, I used to do the same thing but I do not write calls anymore. The Bull MarkePatrick Slevin-11/1/2000
48Did not realize when I posed the question that it was an IRA.Patrick Slevin-11/1/2000
47Patrick, Patrick, Patrick, you are getting dangerously close to trading penny ststu fabian-11/1/2000
46Excellent question. Simple answer, can't trade puts in a Canadian IRAWayne Rumball-11/1/2000
45Wondering why you did not just write the puts and forget about the Buy/Sell tradPatrick Slevin-10/31/2000
44LOL Nice disclaimer. Think I'll copy it and paste it to the end of all my Wayne Rumball-10/30/2000
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