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why won't my retirement account let me write a covered put?
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you're correct in your implied point: selling a cash secured put has less risk (in terms of both volatility and maximum loss) than buying the security outright. however, many brokerages don't allow cash-secured put writing in ira accounts.   there are three reasons this tends to be the case:
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