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To: Voltaire who wrote (55569)	12/21/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: voop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

And there's no volume to these rises to speak of Voop

To: Voltaire who wrote (55569)	12/21/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: Jill	Respond to of 152472

He may have been referring to my post that I tried a limit order on the leaps this a.m. before I left for the day. Didn't want to get burned in a fast market on options which happened to me once before--I had gotten filled at the high of the day and watched the option retrace. Was very annoyed. This a.m. set my limit a little higher than the ask and even so I missed it. Jill

To: Voltaire who wrote (55569)	12/21/1999 9:07:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Many people do not have the luxary of just placing a market order for something like Q. If the shares are for an IRA, one has to figure out things very, very closely or surprise! The shares cost more than the cash in one's account. Then one gets stuck selling something. If margin was permitted in IRAs it would be a whole different story. Lynn

To: Voltaire who wrote (55569)	12/21/1999 11:08:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

aversion to paying market I agree! I'm reluctant to admit it because people imply you are an amature, but I almost never use limit orders. When I want to buy or sell I camp out on the real-time quote a bit to get a feel and have the order window open and then trade at market. When I want to trade, I want the trade to go down now! I used to scalp points by leaving orders open over night, but there is more money to be made picking the right stock than scalping points. It's no longer worth the time. TP