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To: SJS who wrote (1105)	7/16/1998 10:50:00 AM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14427

I use full service guys so I don't know? They take care of that kind of stuff. sorry.

To: SJS who wrote (1105)	7/16/1998 10:57:00 AM
From: bw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14427

E-Trade has been good lately. The time it takes to execute a short trade order will vary according to the volume, exchange, etc...however, it is my experience in stocks with good liquidity to execute a limit order short trade with confirmation in less than 2 minutes [sometimes 10 sec.]. Again, this would be at or near the bid price. As to part 2, they don't tell you first of the availability of the stock..the trade just gets executed. You can always change your order before execution of course, but I have never had to separate the 2 steps of availability & execution when doing a trade...