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AMAT 322.51

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Feb 6 9:30 AM EST

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To: Gregory who wrote (4293)	5/6/1997 12:14:00 PM
From: Gottfried	of 70976

Gregory, my knowledge of puts and calls is limited to what I read. You said... >>Basically it means that whoever wrote the calls (and it is supposed to be market makers?) would want to bring the stock price down? APPLIED MATLS INC MAY 60 CALL, Open Interest 1853 APPLIED MATLS INC MAY 60 PUT, Open Interest 594<< Looks bullish to me, since those that hold calls hope the stock goes up beyond 60. Then they can buy AMAT for 60, making a profit. Con- versely, the 60 puts hope it goes down, so they can sell at 60 instead of the lower market price. The calls outnumber the puts 3 to 1, i.e. 3 times as many bet AMAT will be up. Gottfried

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