Comments on: Selling Call Options: How To Instantly Turn Your Stocks Into Passive Income http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2006/20061116.html Investment Advice and Investment Research with a Contrarian Point of View Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:21:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2006/20061116.html/comment-page-1#comment-27849 Dave Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:28:50 +0000 http://sandbox/wordpress/selling-call-options.html#comment-27849 John Doe, BOTH parents had 800 shares of IBM for a total of 1600 shares. Anyway, This is a great trading strategy for the patient among us. It really helps those who buy undervalued stocks that we've come up with a fair value for and have the time to wait for that price. If it goes above that price, GREAT!, take it please! If it doesn't, I'm making money in the meantime. Great article. John Doe,

BOTH parents had 800 shares of IBM for a total of 1600 shares.

Anyway, This is a great trading strategy for the patient among us. It really helps those who buy undervalued stocks that we’ve come up with a fair value for and have the time to wait for that price. If it goes above that price, GREAT!, take it please! If it doesn’t, I’m making money in the meantime.

Great article.

]]> By: Selling Naked Put Options http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2006/20061116.html/comment-page-1#comment-14142 Selling Naked Put Options Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:18:36 +0000 http://sandbox/wordpress/selling-call-options.html#comment-14142 [...] option buyers (both calls and puts) do not end up picking the correct strike price and expiration period to give them a [...] [...] option buyers (both calls and puts) do not end up picking the correct strike price and expiration period to give them a [...]

]]> By: John Doe http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2006/20061116.html/comment-page-1#comment-12150 John Doe Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:09:32 +0000 http://sandbox/wordpress/selling-call-options.html#comment-12150 "That brought in an immediate $3,120 (16 x $1.95 x $100 multiplier = $3,120) into my parents’ accounts." Where did the 16 come from? I thought you said your parents owned 800 shares (so wouldn't that be 8 contracts? or 8x1.95x100?) Or did you mean your mom owned 800 shares AND your dad owned 800 shares for a TOTAL of 1600 shares? Would help to be more clearer on the total shares of IBM your mom and/or dad owned. “That brought in an immediate $3,120 (16 x $1.95 x $100 multiplier = $3,120) into my parents’ accounts.”

Where did the 16 come from? I thought you said your parents owned 800 shares (so wouldn’t that be 8 contracts? or 8×1.95×100?) Or did you mean your mom owned 800 shares AND your dad owned 800 shares for a TOTAL of 1600 shares? Would help to be more clearer on the total shares of IBM your mom and/or dad owned.

]]>