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Originally Posted by gduke2010 View Post
Ouch! It's not a good idea to sell puts w/o owning the stock. It might be best to start out small, earn some cash and play with your earnings. Option trade success is a lot like a baseball batting average. You don't need to make money on every trade to be successful. But, you might want to get a few base hits before going for the home run. Some of the greatest traders died broke.

Be careful.

Gary
Actually selling a put and owning stock is riskier than selling a put naked.
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