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To: Jill who wrote (3774)	2/27/2000 9:13:00 PM
From: alias	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8096

Jill, Confirms what Poet said and what I suspected. I do not want to put in jeopardy my Gorillas (specifically Qcom and JDSU). They're not for sale. Interesting you mentioned MSFT. I reluctantly bade a fond farewell to it last Fall to buy JDSU. I can see buying and selling CC's on it since there is anxious expectation that it will recover/pop at any time with a settlement. And possibly Lucent? I sold it last year too when it went stagnant. And, again, there is always a lot of interest/expectation surrounding it. I would not be married to either stock (I've moved on) and strictly view them as cash generating vehicles. I also do not buy on margin. Don't like "debt" even if that does limit certain potential. Alias

To: Jill who wrote (3774)	2/27/2000 9:27:00 PM
From: JustLearning	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8096

Hi Jill: That makes sense to this options newbie. As I understand, your post, the strategy is to sell puts (on oversold stocks??) to the extent that margin can cover in case the shares get put to you? Did I get this right? I also want to ask you about QCOM. Would you consider long term puts (2002 LEAP puts if this is the right terminology??) or would you go short term. Same question regarding ITM or OTM puts, which ones would you consider, if any. thanks in advance.