There is good educational info at the Options Industry Council web site ( click here) and almost all discount brokers will require you to fill out paperwork and pass certain experience and capital requirements before they will let you go hog wild with options.

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The reasons for secrecy pass, and our need to fill in the blanks in the historical record takes precedence.

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There is chatter in the markets about the ECB stepping in to "fill in" for the EFSF, while the governments pass the legislation needed to turn it into that "European Monetary Fund" which President Sarkozy promised last month.

BBC: Euro crisis: What on earth does ECB do now?

Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, said Tuesday that he wants the state Legislature to pass a law that would set up a special election to fill Obama's seat.

CNN: Illinois governor back at work after corruption arrest

If buyers can fill much of this overnight gap, it would demonstrate that investors are giving the company a pass for this report.

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