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To: Jill who wrote (190)	9/27/1999 8:17:00 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35685

Jill, as I think I already mentioned, my core investments are in common and calls on Q. I have a (mentally separate) "sandbox" stash of lunch money that I play with on short term moves to try and be cute based on information delivered via astral planes, pig entrails, TA, and the like. Lunchtime trades can be fun if you anticipate some good swings like we had last week. If it doesn't work out so well...then you lose your lunch money and go hungry for a few hours. Not the end of the world or the starting point of a big debate about the long-term future of the Q/market/pig entrails/other subjects of great importance to humanity. But, a fun and sometimes profitable way to get carpal tunnel syndrome. BTW, I think the time to make aggressive bullish options bets (i.e., 10 to 50 percent of portfolio value) was way back when Q was in the 150's and 160's...like 2 weeks ago. Sitting on an all-time high close, I'm happy with my stodgy old common and LEAPS--no short terms on Q. Cheers, Greg

To: Jill who wrote (190)	9/27/1999 10:26:00 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Jill, what do you think about my plan? I tend to be somewhat aggressive need the advice of a bright woman too many damned men on these threads such chest pounding, aggrandizement, negativity even a supernumerary sphincter appears who implies he plays Omar Sharif's favorite game some technical simple methods point to a target of 225... FatherVolt envisions 235... I hold shares with a decent sized margin... when we get to 220, begin selling off margined shares... usually the price series shows the retest of highs, whether it be 225 or 235... if a retest shows reduced strenkth in form of lowered volume and diminished RSI, then I raise even some cash from equity shares... finally resist temptation to either sell covered calls or buy open puts if and when QCOM comes down 5-10-15%, pounce back on common shares, while gathering back some margined shares for Christmas scream run maybe even sell some puts after a decline and stick them in a Christmas stocking how does that sound? a young man must plan the seat of the pants only gets a guy so far thanks for any shared view / Jim Willie