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I could tell from your face :eek: <--- that it must be your mouth ;->)

Mine is bigger than yours (account) :)

I see. You've been talking to Gateway Computer tech support ??? Oh wait... the stock market formatted their stock. :)

----------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from spindr0: Try CTRL-ALT-DEL ---------------------------------------------------------------- LOL. I guess DOS humor pre-dates you. In the old days, before Windows, CTRL-ALT-DEL would reboot the computer...

Try CTRL-ALT-DEL :)

Mr. Trump doesn't do screen shots :)

Now there's a lesson that you can bank on ! From now on, everyone should trade the equivalent on all stocks that they expect to gap down 50 per cent ! ROFL

If the premise is that a stock is going to go nowhere or drop then obviously, collars (verticals) are better than long calls. But if your premise is that the stock will rise, calls are likely to be better. To claim that one is categorically better than the other is specious. What's better...

I must be missing something. Buying is directional. Would you buy calls in a declining market because the volatility of puts is rising faster? Estimating future volatility is guesswork. You can look at previous events but past performance is no guarantee of ....

Getting paid with your own money gets you nowhere.

It was easy to make money in the preferreds before the sub prime crisis. In those years, the average yield for the A rated pfds would cycle b/t 6 and 7 pct like clockwork. It was as you said - buy in the low 20's and wait for the recovery, receiving a nice dividend in the interim. Given...

If you're really lucky, you'll get some LIVE TREDES that were closed on Friday :)

You're not missing anything, particularly from the poster you're questioning.

As John indicated, maximum gain attained only with that perfect expiration at 105. Anywhere else, much les, particularly before expiration. Synthetic equivalent of ratio spread is better approach (less slippage amd commissions). As he noted, the margin on that will be 20 pts (don't know if...

LOL. Wait until you see how little sleep you're going to get when those OTM naked calls go ITM and bang you for beaucoup dollars.

I don't know anything about Cramer's shtick but there is some grain of truth to getting into a high dividend paying stock before the dividend since there is often a modest rise into the ex-div date. It works well in pairs trading. Conversely, once ex-div occurs, it often drops above and...

I had a gimpy dog with a bad bladder who had a similar problem. >> If the OP is making many adjustments, he would be far better off selling a put spread - which is equivalent to the collar. << Somewhat off topic but once upon a time before I had the familiarity and confidence to trade...

Tho cost efficient I'm not sure it's time efficient (or even accurate) but you can get free historical quotes at: http://www.crimsonmind.com/options/HistoryData.aspx

Why waste that kind of money when you can be and expert on ET for free ??? :)

Cheney's explanation of how to shoot your friends and bankrupt your enemies was excellent!