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Strategies & Market Trends : Piffer OT - And Other Assorted Nuts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lost to Voodoo who wrote (55912)	10/11/2000 12:29:08 AM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 63513

Its hard to believe that less than 21 trading days ago the Nasdaq was trading in the 4000+ range. chart.yahoo.com^ixic dawg

To: Lost to Voodoo who wrote (55912)	10/11/2000 12:31:58 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 63513

Max Pain is the point where the most puts and calls on the front month will expire worthless. The idea being that the closing price on a stock on expiration day will tend to gravitate to the price that causes the greatest pain to the holders of the options. PPT is the Plunge Protection Team....a mythical group of big boys (Goldman Sachs, etc...) who dive in and buy on panic selling days so that there is not a complete breakdown in the market.