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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (82938)	12/28/2000 5:03:15 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Respond to of 95453

BIG TRADERS---YOU WANT SOME OF THIS!!!!! When it comes to making lots of trades, I can trash talk with the best of them. I may own the dubious distinction of ranking among the top traders on this thread. I counted up the buys and sells of stocks, not partial share buys at differing prices, I made in the last three months and came up with 98, 37 and 57--. This month isn't over yet(g). Unfortunately the (not so dubious) distinction I would like to have is the one for the highest trading gain for the year. I am slightly under 60% and feel that with one more day to go I may not be able to catch some of you, although a 30% day would make me feel a lot better. In my defense, I mostly invest (?trade?) in tech stocks so I have probably done better than most in that arena. Congratulations to the oil traders who figured it out, continued to believe, continued to invest and weathered the many storms. Have a good new year. Ed PS For JQP only. (gg) If you want to lie about your trading and make yourself look good, don't be so obvious. Claiming to be max-margined is not nearly as effective as publishing numerous posts predicting upward, downward and sideways movements of the market. Combine that with posting puts, calls, shorts and longs on the same stock. Add in some trading shares, long shares and 1/3 positions. Now, wait long enough and all of your trading strategies will work; it's just a matter of picking the right interval and the right investment. Also, and remember this, never, ever, go on vacation while the market is down and never admit that your max-margin play almost took you out. That said, when you finally get over the hill and are comfortably set for retirement, find another way to get your adraenelin rush. Playing with real money in the real market is too time consuming. Believe me, I know and I'm looking forward to a break. Know any good mutual funds? (g) Ed