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To: Porter Davis who wrote (1430)	11/7/1999 3:24:00 PM
From: Goldberry	Respond to of 1598

OT - Re I've been checking this board almost daily (although SI has been giving me a lot of error messages like "Connection refused" or "Server hangup". I too would like to see it come back to life. While I agree on the come back to life. I haven't had a problem getting in for a long time. Maybe its a problem with the server at your end.

To: Porter Davis who wrote (1430)	11/8/1999 5:13:00 PM
From: Robespierre	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1598

Porter, are the traders in TXF planning to move to Montreal to give that market more liquidity? Have you noticed that the market for Toronto 35 futures is actually tighter than the market for S&P/TSE 60s (on far less volume.) Bid/Ask spreads on the old TXF used to be about 20 - 30 points. Currently spreads on TXF average at 40 points and spreads on SXF average at 70 points. Also, spreads on the SXF are crazy, one minute they will be 20 points, the next minute they will be 100 points. Once I saw the spread at 130 points which is 30 points greater than the max allowed. Hopefully, they will put this contract on Globex and I can get a terminal in Toronto. Also, it looks like we can kiss goodbye the index options market in this country. That's a very sad state of affairs.

To: Porter Davis who wrote (1430)	12/12/1999 2:41:00 PM
From: Moez	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1598

Porter, Trying to find option code for Microforum (MCF/TSE) any input on the MCF options? thanks, ...moez

To: Porter Davis who wrote (1430)	12/22/1999 9:38:00 AM
From: Steve Bevington	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1598

Porter, just wondering if you have any predictions on how the possible spin-off of BCE's stake in NT through any number of routes could affect the BCE options. The papers rightly suggest that it could be a big windfall for BCE shareholders but I'm concerned that the underlying share price for the BCE options could deteriorate if the NT stake is butterflied off into a separate tracking stock. Thanks in advance. Steve