Jun, Sorry about that - the Strike Price of the calls I sold are $16.00. So in fact the calls were ITM by a little under $0.06/share. From...
Jun, Here they are (thanks in advance!) Purchased 2700 Shares @ $16.0589 (average price) Sold 27 Call Contracts @ $1.80 Purchasing power...
So I have an account with Scottrade. Apparently I cannot do naked calls or naked puts with them. Either way - I purchased some stock and...
I'm assuming that's a slam. Gee - thanks! And if not - would you please be so kind as to enlighten me?
So several of you have enlightened me to naked calls. I guess I understood the concept - just not realizing that's basically what I was creating....
So what I think I'm reading is that you sell a call WITHOUT owning the underlying stock? CAN YOU DO THAT? And also, wouldn't it be safer to do...
Admittedly - I am new - so be gentle with me, please. I bruise easily. But here's my latest brain scheme: Find a high volume, volitile...
Actually - I just had a response from www.ChoiceTrade.com Here is the response: Dear Sir, Yes we do allow short selling in after hours...
I am with Scottrade currently. They do not allow a short sell order during after hours and pre market hours. Are there any good, strong,...
So look at NAT for instance. Are you telling me that I could have purchased NAT on the VERY day it was x-div (that being 8/18/08) and then sold...
So are you saying that if I actually outright purchased a stock the day before ex-div - I'm good for dividend - but outright purchase of stock ON...
Can you give any examples? It would seem even if you go deeper in the money on the calls that you would collect a bid premium that would make...
x- You say that the puts have the dividend priced in? Then help me understand because I really want to get this: Look at BCS. Closed at...
Ok - so I'm learning options and soaking up a lot quickly - but your explanation has left me confuzed. Probably because I don't understand all...
And I suppose that you get high by smoking the dried skin flakes off your bed sheets after a week of use? I wonder how much arrogance one can...
I got into OpenTick and I've downloaded the free NinjaTrader "research tool." (I think that is very good of NinjaTrader to let me have it at with...
I believe I partially understand what you are saying. Even in the few days I have been papertrading - I find a couple days that are STILL WINNERS...
I take this completely to heart and hence why I am here trying to get real live input before splashing my money around somewhere. I've been...
AWESOME! You're the kind of person I was hoping I would find here! So how about software for analyzing, charting, programming, etc? Any...
Cold, I appreciate the education - perhaps you have this indwelling feeling of paying back the world for the grace you were given to experience...
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