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To: Night Trader who wrote (35355)11/5/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Martin, It is the same investment position from the get go. But if you already have a long stock position, or a short call position, for that matter, you have taxes, gains or losses vested. So there is an artificial difference in those cases.

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