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- From: schindler@csa2.lbl.gov (AARON SCHINDLER)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Covered Calls: Less Risk - High Returns.
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 13:59 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Summary: covered puts
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- (Ted Jordan) writes...
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- >Is there the same kind of thing for PUTS? (Is there such a thing; rather
- >is it called a "covered put", and do you have an example of this scenario?
- >
- >tj
-
- A covered put is a put sold against an underlying short position.
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- Example:
- I short 100 shares of IBM at 48. As is, I will profit $100 for each point the
- stock price drops and lose $100 for each point the stock price rises.
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- I could sell/write an IBM 45 put for say $200. Then, I have given myself 2
- points of downside protection in case the stock rises, but I have forfeited
- any gains if the stock price drops below 45.
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- | Aaron Schindler Schindler@csa.lbl.gov |
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- | There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: |
- | when he can't afford it, and when he can. --Mark Twain |
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