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To: 5dave22 who wrote (105288)	4/13/2000 9:24:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Respond to of 1573629

Dave, Long-term. Most people seem to do a better direction at guessing a company's long term profitability and stock market direction. Short-term is good if you know what you are doing. If you are going to SELL options, sell short-term options only. Steve

To: 5dave22 who wrote (105288)	4/13/2000 9:37:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573629

Dave, Most options do expire worthless. The option writers are pretty sophisticated. IMHO, unless you are confident of a big move - just as we were with AMD, otherwise buying Calls is a suckers game. A lot of folks sell deep out of the money puts and just pocket the premiums. I know Elmer does this regularly. Its probably the safest way of option investing and most likely to be profitable. I like covered calls as they provide downside protection. And I like to trade the calls and take advantage of market volatility. best regards, Kash