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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (49140)	10/11/1999 1:36:00 AM
From: Ira Player	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

Be careful of "maximum pain" type indicators. They are self fulfilling, but not always in the way proponents think. Watch the action in the options during the last weeks before expiration. Most of the action is near the money options. Out of the money and deep in the money options often have open interest decrease. This gives the impression that the method works better than it does when the "final" calculation is done at expiration. Much of the "pain" at the extremes is taken before the expiration and is hidden from the final tally. Ira