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To: Esteban who wrote (6463)	1/16/1998 10:19:00 AM
From: Douglas Webb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14162

I suppose if your broker allows you to sell naked calls, then you're certainly allowed to sell short. The margin requirement for writing a naked call is probably the same as selling short at the strike price, so I would guess that you would end up short if your naked call is assigned. Of course, you probably wouldn't want to be short in that situation, and would have either bought the stock or the call while you had the chance to before the end of expiration day. Doug.