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buying options is for pansies, if you really want to take on risk -- sell puts.

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oooh, thats like crack/heroin/valium cocktail?

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Man I wouldn't be able to sleep if I had any cash in these things.

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Keeping an option overnight is a good way to go busto or you could end up a huge winner as well. If you want to aviod the crazy swings, ditch before the end of the day that way you don`t wake up the next day [censored] in the ass.

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or buy really long term options based on an informed opinion

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ahnuld (and all others), I have no idea about anything like this, but may be interested in this crack options malarky. Can someone give me a link to a beginners guide or sth?

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www.CBOE.com

more specifically: http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/OptionsInstitute1.aspx

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Cheers DrNo.

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Sports betting is better imo

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buying options is for pansies, if you really want to take on risk -- sell puts.

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Selling puts is for pufts, if you really want to eat risk -- trade currency futures and credit derivatives.

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you appear to have a firm grasp on both options and trading