JEAN M... I too sold the Jan 05 25 puts today. i sold 5 puts for $8.00 even. receeived $4000. Not bad Jean, I keep a core holding. If on occasion stock is put to me I will turn around and sell calls to get additional income. Which month and strike price will depend on how much I can take in. So I receive money selling puts and again selling calls on the stock if it is put to me. I very rarely buy calls. I did buy 10 June 20 calls at $2.00 a while back. I may have a nice profit there. I now hold 10 May 20 puts, 10 June 20 puts 10 Sept 25 puts and 5 Jan 05 25 puts. Looking good. I received 6.60 for the Sept 25s so unless the stock falls apart I can not get hurt too badly. Nice source of income as long as the stock keeps going up. Nice "talking" to you. Hope we break 24 today. Jean, where are you from?