Considering a break-out -lets look upon it as easy Intel has 172,304 strike 30 Jan(02,03,04) puts outstanding representing 17.2mm shares, plus 93,272,193 shorts These are the perma-bears -down on technology, down on chips,down on computers They may be getting real worried with Intc ranging above 32 (except 2 days) since Nov 27 th. And Intc is now up to 35 They should be thinking of rounding up the camels, striking the tents, and moving on out. No need to worry about pseudo-bears- they will get discouraged on one bad option expiry. When Intc goes up, Dell will follow, so all we have to do is wait a bit. ( I was considering buying a new Dell merely to help out, but guess there is no need to do it. I haven't had to call Dell to fix anything since 1993) Sig |