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Strategies & Market Trends : Jim's Nasdaq100 Special as a basket. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: OX who wrote (1634)	4/12/2000 12:26:00 AM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2103

Hi Ox; I was gone most of the day too, had several orders placed but only one triggered. ( bought back some wcom calls ) I got my tax filed, in reviewing 99, I can see I did better swapping in and out of the Pro funds than I did trying to time the QQQ. ---------- Due to trading expense but also the funds are leveraged, so if I use margin to get the leverage they have built in I worry about a margin call. ( and the interest ) So for me it looks like the pro funds are the way to go. In respect to the qqq. ----------- Raw options on the qqq have too much premium and the floor traders are skewing them; when you get them right they don't move as much as they do if you get on the wrong side, it's like a hidden spread. The only ones I did good on were when I bought em in the money close to ex date. ( premo is low and they can't skew them as much.) You either win or lose. ------------- I wasn't using spreads back until late in 99, but so far bull spreads when I can find good ones seem to fit my style the best. In spite of the market not being up YTD I've been able to time my bull spreads to where they have all done good. ------------- All in all I'm still of the notion people have to find a niche that fits their own style..what works good for one mans system of trading could mess another up. Jim