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To: Marty Rubin who wrote (492)	12/25/2000 3:16:10 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 529

Hi Marty ; Thanx for the feed back. I pulled back on stocks some time ago as I became convinced the indexes were easier for me to trade and had less risk. I flip the qqq both ways and by focusing on it instead getting distracted with all it takes to keep up with several individual stocks I've developed a feel for her. -------- Not that I don't look at stocks from time to time, but tahts becoming history for me. I do have a paper portfolio set up of the 12 most DOLLAR traded stocks in the NDX..weighted by the Dollars they trade on a 3 mo avg. It's collective result is a good ( very short term ) indicator when compared to the NDX itself .... as the money flows of the most $ traded ones; is what the index will follow. I also key on one or two in that 12 "if" they are showing ( higher relative volume to the others and themself ) ..but still I hang mostly to trading he index. -------- I have not been as aggressive on the short side as some of my friends ( and they have beat me a lot ) I also use UOPIX and USPIX but they were tricky to get use to. Trying to find a turn around type stock is an old habit of mine, that I still go back to for spells however the time it takes can let me lose focus of what I do the best, and buying one reduces the capital I have to flip the funds and QQQ. So I'm getting away from it more and more. Jim