InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[mickeybritt]

JimLur


No, no and no selling calls is a far cry from going short. If you own

stock as Heartland did they was protected and the fact they sold calls

and they then showed a million less shares would indicate the stock got

called away from them and they collected the call money but lost the stock.


If you sell naked calls you can lose a ton in fact there is no limit on

how much you can lose. If you short the stock against what they call the

box or write calls to buy against your short position you need the stock

to have movement to the downside to make money but you are protected if

you are wrong and lose your shares but you can call the shares in on the

calls you bought. I strongly suggest before you post about shorting or

short against the box you learn how things actually work. There are lots

of ways to make or lose money doing options and or shorting, or going

long, the first thing is it is nice to be right otherwise you lose money.


Let me add Heartland either sold puts or they sold calls and had the

stock called away, or if they sold puts and the stock went down they put

the stock they owned to the buyer of the puts they sold them to.



JMO
Mickey