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To: SJS who wrote (5975)	3/14/1999 12:39:00 AM
From: B. A. Marlow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

(O-T) Understood, SJS. Never sure at what point one's posts create an "investment advisor" paper trail! Figured hedging was what you were referring to. As you're pretty experienced, let me ask a question. What tactics do you use to roll credit spreads or debit spreads? For example, when rolling a put forward, how do you handle a MM's unwillingness to give you fair value for the net transaction? Do you accept what you can get as a spread, or do you break it up into two parts (buy-to-close and new write) and try to market-time the trade? I'm looking for a solution to the problem of crummy MMs who don't cooperate. Maybe 2-3 out of 10 are creeps, the others no problem. Comments welcome. BAM