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To: jjs_ynot who wrote (1460)	5/28/2000 3:41:00 PM
From: Mark Z	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2317

Dave - What kind of options are you looking at (equities or indices and if the former, what sectors?) and in what time frames (near term or further out)? If you're looking at June calls, yes, with the market in a funk lately, there's not much demand for calls & subsequently no/little premium. Heck, I had some YHOO 150 (30+ pts OTM) puts that had NEGATIVE premium earlier this week, 2+ weeks before expiry. Ended up buying shares & exercising rather than selling them outright. This is the time of year I look at legging into buy/writes, waiting for a move up during earnings season and selling ITM January calls. And the premiums for January still look good to me for some of the 'new tech' stocks (e.g. BVSN, INSP).