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To: Voltaire who wrote (13002)	4/13/2000 9:35:00 PM
From: lindelgs	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 35685

Tom, just one wish for you-I hope you kick ass.(Can I say ass?)

To: Voltaire who wrote (13002)	4/13/2000 10:14:00 PM
From: No Mo Mo	Respond to of 35685

Laidies and Gentlemen... Adjust your Herman Millers and see Voltaire Knievil attempt what may be his most solvency-defying move on the Market ever!!! Will he bridge the Chasm of Ruin and cross to Prosperity Garden? Or will he; in flaming, orgiastic glory; perish under the irresistible gravity of......the TREND?!?!? Tune in tomorrow before the bell!!! members.tripod.com

To: Voltaire who wrote (13002)	4/13/2000 10:42:00 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Hey Volts... you wrote: I have so much faith in this turn around that I will sell everything I have tomorrow and convert to options in one stock. For those that give a s---, I will disclose the stock after I am through buying the options. I can't disclose before because as it stands now I will be making the market. You don't have to do that. That would be going into the casino. We don't want you there. Especially putting everything you got on a hand of cards while playing a dealer who has been on a hot streak. You've got nothing to prove to us. We already know what you are like. Again, You've got nothing to prove. -Clappy P.S. That doesn't mean we don't want to know which stock you were going to pick or which option contract... :^)

To: Voltaire who wrote (13002)	4/13/2000 10:48:00 PM
From: Jeffry K. Smith	Respond to of 35685

V, I'm all ears. I will be in front of my computer tomorrow all day working on yet another margin call. Best, Jeff Smith

To: Voltaire who wrote (13002)	4/13/2000 11:12:00 PM
From: Dutch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Volts picks in the AM, JDSU is one of the finalist the other is in my opinion is CREE. One cannot imagine the news forth coming, think V knows too. They killed first call estimates and the "whisper #". Quotes from V. Hi Gang, This feeling just came over me. I have so much faith in this turn around that I will sell everything I have tomorrow and convert to options in one stock. For those that give a s---, I will disclose the stock after I am through buying the options. I can't disclose before because as it stands now I will be making the market. Voltaire

To: Voltaire who wrote (13002)	4/13/2000 11:50:00 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Voltaire .. I'm with Clappy on this one .. You've got nothing to prove .. If you can honestly say that the 'play' you are contemplating is one you would have thought to do independant of what has to date transpired in the market, then go for it .. Just make sure you haven't reduced it to "I'm right and the market is wrong" .. Lest we forget, themarket is always right. Our job as short term trader/investors is to want what it wants; at least that's what one needs to do if the objective is to consistently make $$$. The correction to date in my opinion has more to do with frightened retail/mutual fund type investors who bought into technology late; are now seeing losses and are redeeming shares; than with a smaller population of short term/daytrader types with margin problems. Its the flow of funds issue. If you're running the XYZ tech fund and you have $30 million in net redemptions, you don't have a choice but to sell. These are the same folks who bid the techs to 200 - 600 PEs and 100 - 300 PSR not because they wanted to or thought they were making prudent investments, but because they were daily getting buried in money and they had to buy. Now we witness a reversal of this process; and that is not to say that the market isn't due for a bounce or short term rally wether it's engineered by the 'houses' or a general short term over sold condition doesn't really matter. Gauging the markets is a lot like watching the tides and waves at the beach. When you first get there you can observe wether the tide is high or low or in between; to get the direction you have to watch the waves as they run up the beach. After a little while you will notice if the wave wash is migrating further up the beach or wether they don't seem to run up quite as far. Each of us has to decide if the tide is high or low, which way it is presently going, and adjust our trading strategies accordingly. Jim in CT ..