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To: dangergirl who wrote (62137)	1/13/2000 5:56:00 PM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Danger, When evaluating margin tolerance, experience is the only teacher. I believe you now know your tolerance and can proceed accordingly next time. The only other option I am aware of is not to use margin at all, which is emptying the tool box(IMHO). Cooters

To: dangergirl who wrote (62137)	1/13/2000 9:19:00 PM
From: JohnQInvestor	Respond to of 152472

dangergirl, if you didnt sell, there would have been a meltdown, but since we sold, of course it goes up a few. Im not afraid to make mistakes, because hopefully I wont make the same one twice. I sold aol, for a lot of reasons. If I had the resources that some do, i would not have sold. every thing i made on aol was fully margined and a lot of sleepless nights, so i can take some profits and sleep well. I started with dell, then aol. now im out of both and my only stocks are Qcom,jdsu,txn. yes, I am sorry i had to sell aol,it is like dell, a great company, and great long term buy and hold- however, i will not make the mistake i have seen others make and that is to fall in love with a stock. Volt was out of dell long ago and had i been smart enough, i would have been also, but hey, im learning and have learned much from this thread. good luck to us all, JohnQ