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To: LLCF who wrote (18920)9/15/2000 3:59:56 PM
From: AllansAlias  Respond to of 436258
 
Well said.

ORCL is the only thing I see draining. -g Good volume too. The moves on CSCO, MSFT, and INTC are obscene.

God is answering my prayer.



To: LLCF who wrote (18920)9/15/2000 8:06:52 PM
From: UnBelievable  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
Nice Ideas - But Options Were Designed To Get Around Margin Requirements <gg>

While it is true that options, much like futures, have the ability to enable the transfer of risk for a fixed price (insurance), the fact that options do trade continuously does allow them to serve a purely speculative function, as a very leveraged surrogate for the stock itself.


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