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To: Elmer who wrote (143085)9/7/2001 1:15:14 PM
From: GVTucker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Elmer, RE: I didn't think there were market makers for options?

Yes, there are. For bigger trades like the one John is referring to, there are also firms with proprietary trading desks. They'll take one side of a trade, and then, depending on how much risk they want to take on, take a combination of options and common on the other side. It is pretty easy for a position trading firm to completely eliminate risk if they want to.