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I'm attaching what i believe to be a more accurate picture- showing a large chunk of the curve below the break-even line. Hope this helps

You short puts! Bullish on stock and bearish on volatility at the same time! Although I think you've tried this... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197979&perpage=10&pagenumber=2

failed trader, just go for it. Whatever ideas pop into your head, just go ahead and put real money into those ideas. Then when you lose money, then maybe you'll start getting it. no easy money.

Your questions have been answered many times before, please use the search function if you think oyu have a basic question that may be addressed. For example, lets assume I own a naked put on DO, and it is now a little below the strike price of the put, but the premium I got paid for writing...

Well said. Current dividend yield is important when we buy. yield to cost becomes important while we hold. For instance, I met a man who purchased Walmart before they had a presence outside of the midwest. His cost basis was somewhere around $5 per share, and he just held. His dividend...

Hmmm... I think one's missing... any thoughts on that other chip company? It has outperformed the nasdaq composite index over the past year, month, and week.

I'd really like to buy into BP, EWY(korean index etf), JPM- but where's the bottom?? I was a little early getting into GE and DRYS, although I covered DRYS with an ITM call. Anybody forsee a positive week?

the news is just getting out- main street investors will be dumping mutual funds and further strengthening the dollar by flying to safety in treasuries... at least 2 bad days ahead if i had to guess

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just shorted January GE 17.50 puts :-) Breakeven price: $14.50

"never a debtor or a lender be" I work for a brokerage firm, and the fact is that by carrying a margin balance- you give the firm freedom to sell your positions whenever they want to. Afterall, They are invested in them too. It doesn't make sense what they do sometimes, but they have the...

I log into scottrade to view options quotes- it's annoying- if anyone has a free outside link, it'd be appreciated.

Does anyone use the "ignore" function? has tradewithjoy ever added anything of value to this thread?

My expectation is that these companies can maintain their dividend payout rate- and that business for these specific companies will be improving over the next few years. Also, add PFE to the list.

VZ 6% COP 4% and for various reasons these lesser stocks: LMT 3% GE 2% Is buy and hold a reasonable play here for the next 10 years? Perhaps sell some deep OTM calls? I think it's a reasonable bet that these companies will see growth in their earnings, share prices, and dividend...

also, the weak euro and strong dollar make this a questionable play right now- I wouldn't be surprised if BP was even lower in 2 weeks.

I agree.

if yesterday you had -3 calls on XOM and the client exercised, today you'd have 0 calls, -300 XOM, and whatever 300*the strike price in cash.

that one didn't go so well... but I am bullish on it, and may start jumping in.

funny, this all sounds very familiar to the same things gambling addicts say about roulette and craps...