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To: Zog who wrote (10236)	11/12/1998 10:32:00 AM
From: wmwmw	Respond to of 16892

<especially the ability to sell an overnight long position, for example, and use the full margin amount to short the same stock > Could we sell an overnight long position and use the full margin amount to buy the same stock at datek? I know many firms don't allow. Thanks.

To: Zog who wrote (10236)	11/12/1998 9:17:00 PM
From: BradC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16892

<the ability to short nearly any stock> This is another interesting thing about Datek. They seem to get very high marks for availability of shorts, but there have also been recent complaints about an increase of unexpected buy-ins. I am interested in strategies where I could potentially build a large hedged short position and a forced buy-in would be very bad. I am wondering how severe the buy-in problem is becoming at Datek? Brad