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To: lurqer who wrote (19351)	5/19/2000 12:15:00 AM
From: RR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Depends of course on the price of the option and how many contracts. The more contracts and the greater total transaction would increase the chances of doing what I said. But, I can think of numerous times I have placed orders, say for $20,000, and been able to force the other side to eventually over the course of the day come to my price. I can think of option trades I've made that were much more significant, say $100,000, that I'd place to buy a few dollars below the bid and watch the orders above mine that were much smaller be executed in minutes so they could get down to my big order. Another variable is volatility. If the stock has large intraday swings, and you follow the stock, you'll know where to properly place an order to capture the extremes. RR