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RE: What options to sell?



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>However, I don't think in the real
>options world that it's possible to place

sure it is, you can place one @ the open tomorrow in any number of
combinations. Aug/other months.

Regardless of underlying. Stock, index, futures.

Here are some examples from tonight for deep, at and out of the money
spreads: These give you a flavor of the different risk/rewards at difference
depths of intrinsic - since the idea is to be short one would use from among
a menu like this depending on the risk/certainty one felt regarding the
trade.

Intel: Stock @ 70
Sep 55c 15.50
Sep 65c ask 6.5
Short spread: 9.00

Cisco: Stock @ 63.375
Sep 50c 14.125
Sep 60c 5.75
Short spread: 8.375

Citibank: Stock @ 74.75
Sep 65c 10.25
Sep 75c 2.50
Short spread: 7.75

OEX: Index @ 815
Aug 800c 15.25
Aug 810c 6.125
Short spread 9.125

OEX: Index @ 815
Sep 805c 24,00
Sep 815c 17.75
Short spread 6.25

Gitanshu