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To: Douglas Webb who wrote (8783)	10/8/1998 9:42:00 PM
From: Vol	Respond to of 14162

Doug, Re: Index spreads Nice work as usual Doug. The odds seem to be in the favor of this strategy. Plus it will work whether volatility is high or low, b/c since you're selling and buying options the vol is mute. the margin requirement is much less than the naked call strategy I suggested. How would you manage this strategy in real life? You wouldn't want to be fully invested b/c one loss month wipes everything out. Maybe you could only commit 25% of your capital per month. The chance of being outside the curve 4 months in a row to wipe everything out is just about impossible. Or one would like to think so ;^) What keeping us from jumping in head first? vol