<<< Your last paragraph I believe is referring to how you could potentially have a risk free trade and only upside. Yes, its possible without the...
<<< Very interesting strategy indeed, and I do love the fat tail protection. I have a couple of questions in addition to the ones above if you...
<<< When you have a stock put to you, this is probably not a good sign for the stock. If you sell calls against your stock, you might wiggle your...
I agree that a strategy of selling calls is for suckers. But only if that is your initial strategy for getting in the market. That being,...
I actually prefer the idea of doing a buy/write vs buying a stock long and then selling covered calls. I prefer the idea of being able to...
<<< its the beginning of the dumping of equities.. the most speculative ones like yhoo and tech stocks are the first to go.. besides.. the chart...
I never speculate on buyouts or burnouts. I prefer analysis. As with most tech stocks, they can be so volatile, you really have to look at L-T...
I'm still waiting for an opportunity to sell a $13 put on YHOO for Oct., when the credit is $0.30 or higher. My goal is an annualized % return...
Thanks for sharing your wild and crazy conservative trade. I am now putting you on official pretend ignore.
How ironic, that if we all post our trades here, our trades would be the only ones that would actually be "conservative",.....on the CONSERVATIVE...
To answer you question: I'm not buying premium just because it's cheap. Nor am i selling premium just because it's expensive. Depends on the...
A agree with the VIX being so low, that it may be a sensible trade. But I also think it depends on what the stocks are, what sector they are in,...
Never a bad idea to lock in a profit. But without knowing what the stocks were, what your optionj strategy was, what the strikes were, what kind...
A collar is only of use when you own a stock long. My goal via selling puts, naked or cash secured, is to select my desired strikes, collect the...
<<< I'm not sure what a buy write strategy is. That is to say- I'm sound on the basics of a call/put strategy, and I feel confident there is money...
Diaoptions missed the 50 posts by DanShirley, reminding everyone that he has everyone on ignore. Funny how he keeps reading us and responding...
He keeps reminding readers of his desire to be left alone practically weekly. And that request began the first week of his thread. The last...
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