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To: Rande Is who wrote (43585)	12/15/2000 12:20:53 PM
From: HiSpeed	Respond to of 57584

i think msft/csco both going to 30 only thing that can save naz here is rate cut dec 19, unlikely as that may be otoh: is all the bad news out now? ibm getting a warning priced in here imo

To: Rande Is who wrote (43585)	12/15/2000 12:44:17 PM
From: rocklobster	Respond to of 57584

I have made nearly 300% in the last four months.. I have been doing swing trades, fully margined in one stock or two at the most.. trying to buy them on dips and sell 10% to 20% higher. I try to buy on extreme bad down dayz like today, at new lows in market. or stock and ride for one day to one week bounce.. Many of these I have ridden down below my purchase price and then got lucky when they finally bounced.. I would say that I have been 95% lucky and 5% skilled in picking good entries.. I also usually try to pick stocks that have already warned, missed or been severly slammed as I feel this reduces my event risk of being exposed to only one or two stocks I am trying to tighten up my stops but I find this mainly results in me being completely stopped out. It's nearly impossible to guess the bottoms, but the volatility has saved me.. All my profits have been on the long side.. buying dips.. I haven't made any significant money shorting.. wish I was better at shorting, but it scares the hell out of me and I end up getting stopped out usually very quickly.. I much prefer to own stock even if its dropping. I am trying to overcome this as I consider it a shortcoming.. OOps..thought this was a private message...LOL rok