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Say I have $500K in my IB account ( using round numbers, lol ) I sell 10 PUTS (naked) for SPY 150 - I get a total of $50K as premium. ($5K for each PUT) What is the absolute maximum I can further sell without EVER worrying about a margin call ? I'm thinking I have: $500K - $150K(in...

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Many thanks to all of you. I'm intrigued by MTE's suggestion to put on a bull put spread instead. <quote> I.e. you would sell a 160 put and buy a 155 put. </quote> Question - wouldn't that increase the amount of margin on my account ? Right now putting on the bull call spread is not...

155 AAPL Jan 2011 calls are trading for 50.90 ( ask ) 160 AAPL Jan 2011 calls are trading for 47.30 ( bid ) If I buy the 155's and sell the 160's, I'm out of $360 for every pair of contracts. I keep these (almost ) to expiration. Assuming AAPL is at $200 on Jan 17 2011, the values of...