Selling a naked put when you have $ to back it up (if you have to buy the underlying). That's the only way you can do it in a retirement account. In a margin account, you can short a put for 20% of the strike price – you can sell 5 times the puts – course, you are taking on more risk. L
From: OptionClub@yahoogro
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 12:00 PM
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You keep mentioning " cash secured put"s. I know what a put is, what makes one "cash secured"? thanks
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