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To: craig crawford who wrote (9203)	4/7/1998 12:17:00 PM
From: Zebra 365	Respond to of 27307

I deal through Schwab and got 400 short yesterday and 300 today, but I put my order in last night. The supply of stock to short is totally broker-dependent, and one broker being out of shares to lend does not define the market. I've learned to reserve shares for shorting early, if my limit price isn't hit I still have those shares reserved for me, and I can change the order price if I like. Not all the shares reserved for shorting will actually be shorted but the broker can only take as many reservations as they have supply to lend. Zebra