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To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6771)	5/2/2000 2:47:00 PM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 39683

Thomas, Does your DATEK streaming quotes appear to be working normally today? I'm using them for my QT feed, but it froze up just minutes into trading this morning and hasn't worked since. Ken

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6771)	5/5/2000 10:38:00 AM
From: Dr. Stoxx	Read Replies (3) \| 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 47.5 = $1230 8. Long: 47.56 to 44.75 = ($582) 9. Short: 44.75 to 31.25 = $2680 10. Long: 31.375 to 36.25 = $955 11. Short: 36.1875 to 34.25 = $368 THE FOLLOWING TRADES ARE AT 400 shares per trade: 12. Long: 34.25 to 32.5 ($720) 13. Short: 32.375 to 35.625 ($1320)...ouch...serves me right for going to 400 shares (damn greed!) 14. Long: 35.75 to 44.625 $3532...YES!! 15. Short: 44.5 to 48.5 ($1620)...NO!! 16. Long: 48.5 to 44.625 ($1570) 17. Short: 44.5 to 48 ($1420) 18. Long: 48 to 47.125 ($370) 19. Short: 47 to 46.88 $30 20. Long: 46.75 to...come on BVSN! Total profit (closed trades only): $4958 (74.5% return) Buy-and-hold: 30% loss!