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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...?
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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (4908)9/25/1997 11:12:00 AM
From: jack rand   of 13594
 
>>If you don't have calls to cover, better not short
>>I looked at some long term puts, but they are very pricy

If you're gonna fully hedge a short with options, often better to
just do a synthetic short via puts/calls. Especially for retail
investors, who usually don't get the interest/t-Bill advantage
of institutional shorts; and so tie up more capital than with
a synthetic -- at least unless it moves well against you. But
often shorting can just be a waiting game at low volatility;
especially with stocks not high on the short radar.
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