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To: Poet who wrote (7055)	4/29/2000 10:05:00 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8096

OT How does that hotlist work anyway? Does it include lurqers--i.e. page views? Speaking of which, where has lurqer been lately?

To: Poet who wrote (7055)	4/29/2000 10:16:00 AM
From: jjetstream	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8096

Poet, I agree and this humble thread has become one of my favorites on SI....just now venturing into the option games (albeit carefully), I still feel like I am in kindergarten...some of the best posts here are when we write about our trades and more importantly the thought process that goes behind the trade.....

To: Poet who wrote (7055)	4/29/2000 5:33:00 PM
From: mtnlady	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8096

Great! i.e. it's ok to ask stupid questions... Now I have a book that has this immense formula to figure out the worth of options.. I'm afraid my mind does not wish to cope with this.. Is there a simple 'rule of thumb' for calculating the loss in value an option undergoes as the time value erodes? For example... NTAP at $85 a share selling sept 100's gets 'x' ($14?) two weeks from now, what will NTAP at $85 selling sept 100's get 4-5 weeks from now? 8-10 weeks from now?