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To: Jill who wrote (3581)	2/24/2000 11:22:00 PM
From: Uncertain Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8096

How to write puts successfully (from the wisdom of the board) 1. having the capacity to accept the assignment 2. having the desire to own the underlying stock 3. taking advantage of anomaly in implied volatility 4. focusing on good companies 5. trying to establish a position under oversold condition 6. diversification 7. being intimate with the current perception in the market and in the underlying stock. 8. being ready to repair a failed position, and using time and expanding volatility as your friends. 9. selecting proper strikes for risk tolerance.