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To: Rich23241 who wrote (15)	2/13/2001 8:50:49 PM
From: LemonHead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 75

Hi Rich, I duplicated your purchase into my own Newport and came up with the same numbers. So I assume that you have set the minimum number of shares to trade at 3 and minimum dollars to trade at $500. Have you scratched around on the profit dollars per trade to see what the results will be? The reason I ask is that 95% of what I work with is set at a minimum of $1000 with the slower ones set at $750. I know that Lichello wrote that $500 is okay, but I think it is worth exploring larger trades. I believe that I read you were retired, and my input is only to help you maximize your time. FWIW Keith

To: Rich23241 who wrote (15)	2/13/2001 10:18:25 PM
From: matvest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 75

Hi Rich, I ran a historical analysis in Automatic Investor on the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index between 1/1/96 & 12/31/00. The Best SAFE I got was at 5-5. I also tried Keith's idea of a minimum trade of $1,000 - 500 was better. Actually the range of returns for all the variations I tried over the 5 year period was: 5-5 = 390% (500 min) 5-5 = 368 (1,000 min) all others with 500 min & O shares min 10-10 = 350% 25-0 = 360% 65-10 = 333% 65-0 = 346% 5-0 = 378% As you can see there is not a lot of difference over such a long period. I will probably go with 5-5/500 & do vealies. Larry M