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To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6503)	4/11/2000 10:29:00 AM
From: Dr. Stoxx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39683

BVSN UPDATE: Starting date: 3/24/2000. $6650 margin account; 200 shares per trade. Buy-and-hold purchase price: 66.5 Note: trades 1 through 5 are backtested. 1. Short: 66.5 to 45.25 = $4230 2. Long: 45.25 to 47 = $330 3. Short: 47 to 47.75 = ($170) 4. Long: 47.75 to 43.5 = ($870) 5. Short: 43.5 to 48 = ($920) 6. Long: 48 to 53.88 = $1156 7. Short: 53.75 to Total profit: $3756 (56% return in less than 2 weeks) Buy-and-hold: 38% loss

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6503)	4/15/2000 8:56:00 AM
From: Dr. Stoxx	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39683

SCH UPDATE: Opened 3/9/2000 trading 200 shares (50% margin) with a $5000 account. Buy-and-hold purchase price: $44.5 per share Update totals: 1. Long: 44.5 to 51 $1280 in 3 days 2. Short: 51.125 to 48.75 $455 in 2 days 3. Long: 48.8125 to 53.75 $967 in 3 days 4. Short: 53.625 to 54.25 ($145) in 2 days 5. Long: 54.3125 to 62.5 $1617 in 4 days 6. Short: 62.4375 to 60.188 $430 in 3 days 7. Long: 60.25 to 60.875 $105 in 2 days 8. Short: 60.88 to 59.56 $244 in 2 days 9. Long: 59.56 to 59 ($132) in 1 day 10. Short: 59 to 59.375 ($95) in 2 days 11. Long: 59.25 to 56.9 ($490) in 1 day 12. Short: 56.9 to 53.25 $710 in 2 days 13. Long: 53.31 to 56.88 $694 in 2 days 14. Short: 56.88 to 56.25 $106 in 2 days 15. Long: 56.25 to 55.88 ($94) in 2 days 16. Short: 55.75 to (last trade: 39.5 for a profit of $3230) Total Profit (closed trades only): $5652 (114% gain in about 5 weeks!) Buy-and-hold Profit: 11% loss! NOTE: after closing the present trade, we will reinvest profits and increase trade size to 400 shares per trade. This account currently has a buying power of over $27000, after starting just a month ago with $5000 in cash!