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To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (561)	10/12/2000 4:40:38 PM
From: fut_trade	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8925

...initial "crash" of the 1987 and 1989 1987 crash? That was way before my time as far as trading goes, but on the monthly chart it doesn't look like much of a big deal. I guess it left emotional scars on many though. My concern is a crash that lasts for weeks instead of a day. The US markets have not seen a good solid correction since '74. One thing that's funny is that I was analyzing trading tactics based on end-of-day SPX data, and I had a really good "buy the dip" strategy that gave high returns from 1962 to 1982, and it fails miserably since then. However a "buy the break-out" strategy has given high returns from 1982 to present, but failed miserably prior to 1982 -- before the start of the present bull market. Somehow I feel the market is alive and changing...