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Re: Shorting the market



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I would buy at or near the money S&P index puts, October or November.

-----Original Message-----
From: dllabarre@xxxxxxxxx <dllabarre@xxxxxxxxx>
To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 9:50 AM
Subject: Shorting the market


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>I've been a Real Trader reader for almost a year now and haven't seen much
on
>"shorting" the market. Of course it's been pretty much an up market for the
last
>year.  But I feel we are at the top or at least topping now and would like
to
>prepare for the next wave down.
>
>If I wanted to short the market over a 3-6 month period, and use $10,000
>invested, what would be a good way of doing this. What options are
available to
>me with $10,000 risk capital.   LEAPS?   3 month way out of money Puts?
Is
>there a mutual fund designed to "Short" the market?
>
>All constructive comments are welcome.
>Thank you all for your time.
>Don LaBarre
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