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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (61316)	1/10/2000 5:37:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

re 160 now becomes resistant as it was supportive It makes me happy to think of 160 as support: the one thing that alarms me about fast large upside moves (much as I enjoy them while happening) is the lack of strong support makes a dangerous easy slide so possible. Freeus

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (61316)	1/10/2000 5:45:00 PM
From: Kayaker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

"its never a good idea to exercise options early" most of time, true, but not when option premium fully decayed Even then, I wouldn't exercise early. You still have to come up with a pile of cash to buy the shares. It's like paying off an interest free loan early. You'd be better to do something else with the cash until expiration day. You are also giving away time during which something may happen to the company or the overall market and you might decide not to exercise.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (61316)	1/10/2000 8:50:00 PM
From: jmac	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

The problem with writing the out of the money calls is they don't lose much value on the way down. I have some 180s written against my stock. They did not afford much protection when the Q took a nosedive. Puts are too expensive as a hedge and hence I have concluded that if you're in the Q, then your in the Q.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (61316)	1/10/2000 10:48:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Volts, Time compression theory is spreading.. from the bull market report <<. I WROTE THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, or TIME COMPRESSION IN THE STOCK MARKETS By Michael Makowsky Contributing Editor The Bull Market Report Why is the market so volatile? The last time I answered this question I wrote a 1200 word dissertation that I suspect exactly three people read AND finished (Remember AN AVERAGE JOE PREDICTS THE FUTURE?) Well, today we are going to simplify. Why is the market apparently more volatile than ever? Things happen faster. That's why. It takes one 1/1000 of the time for anything to happen today, as opposed to 15 years ago. Information is received immediately and decisions are executed immediately. As human beings, we have adjusted by making our decisions faster. This has all combined to create a market where the EVENT - REACTION - RESULT cycles occurs thousands of times every day. This basically means that whereas the repercussions of an event would in the past play out over weeks, now the same repercussions play out in a single day. This is now being called the "Time Compression" effect. In fact, why should I write anymore? It will likely be outdated any second now. =====================>> Greg