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To: ratan lal who wrote (27724)	7/12/2000 4:52:15 AM
From: shamsaee	Respond to of 54805

YOU can access the information on the CBOE site or even on www.nasdaq.com Just put the symbol of the company in and ask for options. Although I am not very familiar with leaps,I would think just buying call leaps is a safer way to go since the other scenario requires 2 prices to be met.Kind of like when you bet on basketball games and take the spread and points total.A lot of times you get the spread right but the points total does not come in so you make no money and lose your wager(my evil twin used to do a lot of that).

To: ratan lal who wrote (27724)	7/12/2000 5:27:32 AM
From: Labrador	Respond to of 54805

vlmal for jan 2003 60s ovgah for jan 2003 140s compliments of DLJ site. I know that there was volume in both yesterday. by the, I am not suggesting the strategy, I am merely postulating it. And as UF said, hope those cotemplating such a strategy understand the risks of spreads. confession -- I own Jan 40 calls [2001] on QCOM. Currently trading at about $19.50 with Q at $53. So effectively I am betting the stock will be over $60 by Jan 2001. The rest of my shares are tucked away under my pillow for longterm. I have been unable to time Q on a short-term basis, but with Q under $60, I have to believe that it will be at least $80 come Jan, if not over $100. Personally, I hate paying time premium; hence the purchase of the in-the-money options. But one doesn't get the leverage.