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+262 Part Ill: Put Option Strategies 
+As was stated earlier, it is necessary to have a computer to make an accurate analysis 
+of all listed options. The average customer is forced to obtain such data from a bro­
+kerage firm or data service. He should be sure that the list he is using conforms to 
+the above-mentioned criteria. If the data service is ranking option purchases by how 
+well the puts would do if each underlying stock fell by a fixed percentage (such as 5% 
+or 10%), the list should be rejected because it is not incorporating the volatility of the 
+underlying stock into its analysis. Also, if the list is based on holding the put purchase 
+until expiration, the list should be rejected as well, because this is not a realistic 
+assumption. There are enough reliable and sophisticated data services that one 
+should not have to work with inferior analyses in today's option market. 
+For those readers who are more mathematically advanced and have the com­
+puter capability to construct their own analyses, the details of implementing an analy­
+sis similar to the one described above are presented in Chapter 28, Mathematical 
+Applications. An application of put purchases, combined with fixed-income securi­
+ties, is described in Chapter 26, Buying Options and Treasury Bills. 
+FOLLOW-UP ACTION 
+The put buyer can take advantage of strategies that are very similar to those the call 
+buyer uses for follow-up action, either to lock in profits or to attempt to improve a 
+losing situation. Before discussing these specific strategies, it should be stated again 
+that it is rarely to the option buyer's benefit to exercise the option in order to liqui­
+date. This precludes, of course, those situations in which the call buyer actually wants 
+to own the stock or the put buyer actually wants to sell the stock. If, however, the 
+option holder is merely looking to liquidate his position, the cost of stock commis­
+sions makes exercising a prohibitive move. This is true even ifhe has to accept a price 
+that is a slight discount from parity when he sells his option. 
+LOCKING IN PROFITS 
+The reader may recall that there were four strategies (perhaps "tactics" is a better 
+word) for the call buyer with an unrealized profit. These same four tactics can be 
+used with only slight variations by the put option buyer. Additionally, a fifth strategy 
+can be employed when a stock has both listed puts and calls. 
+After an underlying stock has moved down and the put buyer has a relatively 
+substantial unrealized gain, he might consider taking one of the following actions: 
+1. Sell the put and liquidate the position for a profit. 
+2. Do nothing and continue to hold the put.