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To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6812)	5/6/2000 8:24:00 PM
From: Wizard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39683

Congrats Thomas, of course if you had just put it all in exactly 12 months ago and played golf, your $6,650 would now be worth $100k (15x), with your full 2x leverage. l-t cap gains rate would take you to ~$82k net.

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6812)	5/6/2000 8:36:00 PM
From: Dr. Stoxx	Respond to of 39683

ADDENDUM: All profit/loss quotes on the trading updates have $20 round-turn commissions taken out.

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (6812)	5/8/2000 8:06:00 PM
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 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 46.88 $30 21. Short: 46.75 to 46.88 ($72) 22. Long: 46.625 to 47.88 $482 23. Short: 47.88 to... Total profit (closed trades only): $5428 (81.6% return) Buy-and-hold: 28% loss!