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To: Claude Cormier who wrote (19215)	9/30/2004 12:38:10 PM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Shorting individual stocks is a rough way to go, too open ended, they can run and run. I got killed shorting stocks like CFC too early for example. So I've shifted gears to put buying. Now I know I've posted that I'm a naked option writer, but right now there are very scant premiums in options, especially index options. Apparently nobody expects volatility. So I've covered my shorts to eliminate that open end exposure, and to take some tax losses to apply to big gains elsewhere (energy and lately metals). I've bought puts in the IWN (Russell 2000), XLF (that's the financial), QQQ (tech), and RTH (a retailer ETF), and OEX (S&P 100). Open to suggestions on others?