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To: Lucretius who wrote (41079)	12/28/1998 12:51:00 AM
From: Shane M	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Thread, In my ongoing quest to learn options and puts in particular, I was wondering if the thread would lay out the general criterion the members use for determining a stock to put. Also: -Are stock screens helpful at all? i.e. are there quantitative factors that can be used to cull the herd of companies into a manageable few? -Any strategy books that can be recommended? Something that outlines a successful short seller's in depth methodology, like a "Warren Buffet or Peter Lynch for Short Sellers." From the discussions on the thread it sounds as if shorting/putting is almost always done from the top down -- first identify an overpriced market, then a sector, then identify a company. Is this the way most of you work? I also notice that many prefer to short the leading/strongest companies in an industry like Intel, Microsoft, Dell. Is this out of some necessity (volume, option prices, etc), or do you view the industry leaders as the best put targets? Thanks for comments. Shane