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To: Poet who wrote (290)	12/28/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: steve mamus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8096

Thanks. I bought 250 shares more of QCOM at 250 PM today. I had it at 480. My trade did not get executed for SIX MINUTES at 490. I was pissed. I had another chit chat with the boys at SCHWAB ... "its a fast market, you are lucky you got it filled in less then 30 minutes" - I mean god allmighty did they take in the front 9 at Augusta or something. The trading in QCOM the last 2 days seems to be IMHO VERY MAMIPULATED. Made 13 bucks in 4 minutes on the shares but should have been 23 bucks. Apparently QCOM hit 477 at 352 so I am not pleased with this execution. How about it gang- how long should it take Mr. Marketmaker make a trade?? I took the trading course at the onlinetrading academy in Irvine recently. They utilize cybertrader software from Austin - I am going to get this set up ASAP with realtime level 2 quotes and ECN trades. I think using a retail broker has its shortcomings - god forbid we had a horrible day with huge volume. I do think that the online brokers could experience a meltdown possibly IMHO if we had a market crash due to volumes and technical computer problems.