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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (19186)	2/21/2000 12:22:00 AM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 63513

The futures are open tonight. Chicago Mercantile Exchange GLOBEX PRICES AS OF 02/20/00 11:15 PM TRADE DATE: 02/22/00 CONTRACT LAST NET CHGE CONTRACT LAST NET CHGE S&P 500 MAR00 1351.60B -170 EURO $ MAR00 93.7375 +1.25 E-MINI MAR00 1351.50B -175 JUN00 93.32B +2.5 JUN00 1371.00P ---- SEP00 93.01B +4.5 NSDQ100 MAR00 3950.00 -1800 DEC00 92.76 +4.5 E-NASDAQ MAR00 3948.00 -2000

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (19186)	2/21/2000 9:48:00 AM
From: sherlockgerlach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 63513

Here is a trading question that I have been meaning to ask. When you want to exit a stock in a volatile market, do you place a market sell order or a limit sell order below the bid (which executes like a market order. . .(not as fast but with some control over price it will sell at)? I did the later on Qcom when it peaked month or two ago and the market maker waited 32 minutes and didn't fill my limit sell which was 35 points below the bid (742). The stopped continued down to 650 and of course by then my limit was not a good order. Can't believe they can get away with things like that. Waterhouse stood behind the marketmaker. (NITE)