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To: mishedlo who wrote (10044)	3/13/2001 7:00:18 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10876

LOL, Mish...yes, BUT ... I want some more, like you ... and more on CIEN and this time, JNPR, too ... 3/28. Got it. What are you going to look at: June? 'Bout the 25s? <g> RULRE ... bid 1.90 ask 2.10 today ... bia

To: mishedlo who wrote (10044)	3/13/2001 7:03:46 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10876

Hi guys, Here's today's CBOE stats: CBOE Market Summary for 03/13/2001: Put/Call Ratio: 1.01 VXN OPENING VALUE: 75.94 VXN HIGH VALUE : 75.94 VXN LOW VALUE : 72.44 VXN CLOSING VALUE: 72.67 VIX OPENING VALUE: 34.87 VIX HIGH VALUE : 35.37 VIX LOW VALUE : 30.68 VIX CLOSING VALUE: 30.73 EQUITY OPTION TOTAL EQUITY CALL VOLUME : 719,607 TOTAL EQUITY PUT VOLUME : 658,071 TOTAL VOLUME : 1,377,678 INDEX OPTION TOTAL INDEX CALL VOLUME : 134,435 TOTAL INDEX PUT VOLUME : 205,236 TOTAL VOLUME : 339,671 Sum of All Products TOTAL CALL VOLUME: 854081 TOTAL CALL OPEN INTEREST:45188585 TOTAL PUT VOLUME: 863341 TOTAL PUT OPEN INTEREST:25766299 TOTAL VOLUME: 1717422 TOTAL OPEN INTEREST:70954884 Equity LEAPS Summary TOTAL CALL VOLUME: 25520 TOTAL CALL OPEN INTEREST: 5689772 TOTAL PUT VOLUME: 40671 TOTAL PUT OPEN INTEREST: 2818787 TOTAL VOLUME: 66191 TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 8508559 S&P 100 Index-(OEX) OEX CALL VOLUME: 38918 OEX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 146905 OEX PUT VOLUME: 47634 OEX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 119883 OEX TOTAL VOLUME: 86552 OEX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 266788 OEX LEVELS HIGH: 613.69 LOW: 598.89 CLOSE: 613.51 +12.00 S&P 100 Index LEAPS OEX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 215 OEX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 865 OEX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 106 OEX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 5056 OEX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 321 OEX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 5921 OEX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 122.75 LOW: 119.76 CLOSE: 122.70 +2.40 S&P 100 Index Fund Options-(OEF) OEF CALL VOLUME: 58 OEF CALL OPEN INTEREST: 379 OEF PUT VOLUME: 2 OEF PUT OPEN INTEREST: 934 OEF TOTAL VOLUME: 60 OEF TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1313 OEF LEVELS HIGH: 60.70 LOW: 60.35 CLOSE: 60.35 +0.28 S&P 500 Index-(SPX) SPX CALL VOLUME: 60497 SPX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 1007660 SPX PUT VOLUME: 90180 SPX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 973957 SPX TOTAL VOLUME: 150677 SPX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1981617 SPX LEVELS HIGH: 1197.78 LOW: 1171.60 CLOSE: 1197.66 +17.50 S&P 500 Index LEAPS-(LSZ,LSW,LSY) SPX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 35 SPX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 405198 SPX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 3322 SPX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 544159 SPX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 3357 SPX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 949357 SPX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 119.78 LOW: 117.15 CLOSE: 119.77 +1.75 Options on the Nasdaq 100 Index Tracking Stock-(QQQ) QQQ CALL VOLUME: 51541 QQQ CALL OPEN INTEREST: 1846683 QQQ PUT VOLUME: 33524 QQQ PUT OPEN INTEREST: 753926 QQQ TOTAL VOLUME: 85065 QQQ TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 2600609 QQQ LEVELS HIGH: 44.70 LOW: 42.20 CLOSE: 44.45 +2.15 Options on the Nasdaq 100 Index Tracking Stock LEAPS QQQ LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 2028 QQQ LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 209039 QQQ LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 5585 QQQ LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 91677 QQQ LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 7613 QQQ LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 300716 QQQ LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 44.70 LOW: 42.20 CLOSE: 44.45 +2.15 CBOE Mini-NDX Index-(MNX) MNX CALL VOLUME: 18923 MNX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 308755 MNX PUT VOLUME: 12968 MNX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 271771 MNX TOTAL VOLUME: 31891 MNX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 580526 MNX LEVELS HIGH: 179.03 LOW: 168.06 CLOSE: 178.97 +10.89 CBOE Mini-NDX LEAPS MNX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 200 MNX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 32646 MNX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 5 MNX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 8224 MNX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 205 MNX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 40870 MNX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 179.03 LOW: 168.06 CLOSE: 178.97 +10.89 Nasdaq 100 Index-(NDX) NDX CALL VOLUME: 3218 NDX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 62733 NDX PUT VOLUME: 6174 NDX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 51342 NDX TOTAL VOLUME: 9392 NDX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 114075 NDX LEVELS HIGH: 1790.31 LOW: 1691.22 CLOSE: 1789.70 +109.06 Dow Jones Industrial Average Index-(DJX] DJX CALL VOLUME: 10007 DJX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 147471 DJX PUT VOLUME: 37992 DJX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 353455 DJX TOTAL VOLUME: 47999 DJX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 500926 DJX LEVELS HIGH: 102.93 LOW: 101.08 CLOSE: 102.91 +0.83 Dow Jones Industrial Ave LEAPS DJX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 210 DJX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 8163 DJX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 268 DJX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 16455 DJX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 478 DJX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 24618 DJX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 102.93 LOW: 101.08 CLOSE: 102.91 +0.83 Dow Jones Trans Ave Index-(DTX) DTX CALL VOLUME: 40 DTX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 943 DTX PUT VOLUME: 33 DTX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 177 DTX TOTAL VOLUME: 73 DTX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1120 DTX LEVELS HIGH: 286.33 LOW: 272.40 CLOSE: 276.97 -9.15 Dow Jones Trans Ave Index LEAPS DTX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 0 DTX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 10 DTX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 0 DTX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 15 DTX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 0 DTX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 25 DTX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 28.63 LOW: 27.24 CLOSE: 27.70 -0.91 Dow Jones Utilities Average Index-(DUX) DUX CALL VOLUME: 0 DUX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 45 DUX PUT VOLUME: 0 DUX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 55 DUX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 DUX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 100 DUX LEVELS HIGH: 380.08 LOW: 372.88 CLOSE: 373.63 -5.62 Dow Jones Equity REIT Index-(DJR) DJR CALL VOLUME: 0 DJR CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 DJR PUT VOLUME: 0 DJR PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 DJR TOTAL VOLUME: 0 DJR TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 DJR LEVELS HIGH: 138.24 LOW: 137.62 CLOSE: 138.13 .00 Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index-(ECM) ECM CALL VOLUME: 0 ECM CALL OPEN INTEREST: 294 ECM PUT VOLUME: 0 ECM PUT OPEN INTEREST: 132 ECM TOTAL VOLUME: 0 ECM TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 426 ECM LEVELS HIGH: 45.12 LOW: 42.92 CLOSE: 45.03 +1.58 Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index LEAPS ECM LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 0 ECM LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 52 ECM LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 0 ECM LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 20 ECM LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 0 ECM LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 72 ECM LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 4.51 LOW: 4.29 CLOSE: 4.50 +0.15 Options on The Dow 10-(MUT) MUT CALL VOLUME: 0 MUT CALL OPEN INTEREST: 365 MUT PUT VOLUME: 0 MUT PUT OPEN INTEREST: 50 MUT TOTAL VOLUME: 0 MUT TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 415 MUT LEVELS HIGH: 96.85 LOW: 94.98 CLOSE: 96.58 -0.06 Options on The Dow 10 LEAPS MUT LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 0 MUT LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 5 MUT LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 0 MUT LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 MUT LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 0 MUT LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 5 MUT LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 96.85 LOW: 94.98 CLOSE: 96.58 -0.06 Morgan Stanley Multinational Company Index-(NFT) NFT CALL VOLUME: 0 NFT CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 NFT PUT VOLUME: 0 NFT PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 NFT TOTAL VOLUME: 0 NFT TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 NFT LEVELS HIGH: 696.28 LOW: 679.38 CLOSE: 696.19 +12.26 Goldman Sachs Composite Index-(GTC) GTC CALL VOLUME: 0 GTC CALL OPEN INTEREST: 3 GTC PUT VOLUME: 0 GTC PUT OPEN INTEREST: 9 GTC TOTAL VOLUME: 0 GTC TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 12 GTC LEVELS HIGH: 227.00 LOW: 214.14 CLOSE: 226.85 +12.38 Goldman Sachs Hardware Index-(GHA) GHA CALL VOLUME: 80 GHA CALL OPEN INTEREST: 200 GHA PUT VOLUME: 0 GHA PUT OPEN INTEREST: 50 GHA TOTAL VOLUME: 80 GHA TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 250 GHA LEVELS HIGH: 315.53 LOW: 296.63 CLOSE: 315.26 +18.63 Goldman Sachs Internet Index-(GIN) GIN CALL VOLUME: 0 GIN CALL OPEN INTEREST: 628 GIN PUT VOLUME: 0 GIN PUT OPEN INTEREST: 767 GIN TOTAL VOLUME: 0 GIN TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1395 GIN LEVELS HIGH: 135.55 LOW: 129.42 CLOSE: 135.44 +6.02 Goldman Sachs Multimedia Networking Index-(GIP) GIP CALL VOLUME: 3 GIP CALL OPEN INTEREST: 508 GIP PUT VOLUME: 3 GIP PUT OPEN INTEREST: 395 GIP TOTAL VOLUME: 6 GIP TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 903 GIP LEVELS HIGH: 214.48 LOW: 203.47 CLOSE: 214.18 +10.66 Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index-(GSM) GSM CALL VOLUME: 20 GSM CALL OPEN INTEREST: 61 GSM PUT VOLUME: 0 GSM PUT OPEN INTEREST: 169 GSM TOTAL VOLUME: 20 GSM TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 230 GSM LEVELS HIGH: 289.43 LOW: 273.17 CLOSE: 289.15 +15.92 Goldman Sachs Services Index-(GSV) GSV CALL VOLUME: 0 GSV CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 GSV PUT VOLUME: 0 GSV PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 GSV TOTAL VOLUME: 0 GSV TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 GSV LEVELS HIGH: 152.25 LOW: 149.24 CLOSE: 151.65 +1.86 Goldman Sachs Software Index-(GSO) GSO CALL VOLUME: 0 GSO CALL OPEN INTEREST: 540 GSO PUT VOLUME: 0 GSO PUT OPEN INTEREST: 242 GSO TOTAL VOLUME: 0 GSO TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 782 GSO LEVELS HIGH: 200.74 LOW: 184.85 CLOSE: 200.49 +13.15 New York Stock Exchange Composite Index-(NYA) NYA CALL VOLUME: 0 NYA CALL OPEN INTEREST: 14 NYA PUT VOLUME: 0 NYA PUT OPEN INTEREST: 51 NYA TOTAL VOLUME: 0 NYA TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 65 NYA LEVELS HIGH: 609.45 LOW: 599.27 CLOSE: 609.34 +3.37 Russell 2000 Index-(RUT) RUT CALL VOLUME: 1369 RUT CALL OPEN INTEREST: 6530 RUT PUT VOLUME: 2582 RUT PUT OPEN INTEREST: 16265 RUT TOTAL VOLUME: 3951 RUT TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 22795 RUT LEVELS HIGH: 462.44 LOW: 453.46 CLOSE: 462.26 +3.86 S&P Banks Index-(BIX) BIX CALL VOLUME: 5 BIX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 99 BIX PUT VOLUME: 39 BIX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 57 BIX TOTAL VOLUME: 44 BIX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 156 BIX LEVELS HIGH: 630.41 LOW: 608.32 CLOSE: 630.32 +19.32 CBOE Gold Index-(GOX) GOX CALL VOLUME: 0 GOX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 276 GOX PUT VOLUME: 0 GOX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 91 GOX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 GOX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 367 GOX LEVELS HIGH: 38.31 LOW: 36.54 CLOSE: 36.84 -1.47 CBOE Internet Index-(INX) INX CALL VOLUME: 20 INX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 798 INX PUT VOLUME: 16 INX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 246 INX TOTAL VOLUME: 36 INX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1044 INX LEVELS HIGH: 164.29 LOW: 156.21 CLOSE: 164.07 +7.86 CBOE Internet Index LEAPS INX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 0 INX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 4501 INX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 0 INX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 4500 INX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 0 INX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 9001 INX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 16.43 LOW: 15.62 CLOSE: 16.41 +0.79 Short Term Interest Rate Index-(IRX) IRX CALL VOLUME: 0 IRX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 IRX PUT VOLUME: 0 IRX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 32 IRX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 IRX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 32 IRX LEVELS HIGH: 45.20 LOW: 45.10 CLOSE: 45.10 -0.30 5 Year Treasury Yield Option-(FVX) FVX CALL VOLUME: 0 FVX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 FVX PUT VOLUME: 0 FVX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 349 FVX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 FVX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 349 FVX LEVELS HIGH: 46.87 LOW: 46.50 CLOSE: 46.87 -0.08 10 Year Treasury Yield Option-(TNX) TNX CALL VOLUME: 0 TNX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 389 TNX PUT VOLUME: 0 TNX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 1294 TNX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 TNX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1683 TNX LEVELS HIGH: 49.31 LOW: 48.99 CLOSE: 49.31 +0.12 30 Year Treasury Yield Option-(TYX) TYX CALL VOLUME: 39 TYX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 2006 TYX PUT VOLUME: 34 TYX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 3537 TYX TOTAL VOLUME: 73 TYX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 5543 TYX LEVELS HIGH: 53.39 LOW: 53.06 CLOSE: 53.35 +0.23 CBOE Mexico Index-(MEX) MEX CALL VOLUME: 0 MEX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 270 MEX PUT VOLUME: 0 MEX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 172 MEX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 MEX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 442 MEX LEVELS HIGH: 88.51 LOW: 87.47 CLOSE: 88.18 +0.34 S&P Retail Index-(RLX) RLX CALL VOLUME: 64 RLX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 69 RLX PUT VOLUME: 129 RLX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 107 RLX TOTAL VOLUME: 193 RLX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 176 RLX LEVELS HIGH: 854.64 LOW: 828.20 CLOSE: 846.53 -2.61 S&P Small Cap 600 Index-(SML) SML CALL VOLUME: 0 SML CALL OPEN INTEREST: 409 SML PUT VOLUME: 0 SML PUT OPEN INTEREST: 49 SML TOTAL VOLUME: 0 SML TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 458 SML LEVELS HIGH: 210.95 LOW: 207.13 CLOSE: 210.93 +1.55 S&P 500 BARRA Growth Index-(SGX) SGX CALL VOLUME: 0 SGX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 SGX PUT VOLUME: 0 SGX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 SGX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 SGX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 SGX LEVELS HIGH: 587.18 LOW: 570.77 CLOSE: 586.69 +14.89 S&P 500 BARRA Value Index-(SVX) SVX CALL VOLUME: 0 SVX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 SVX PUT VOLUME: 0 SVX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 SVX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 SVX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 SVX LEVELS HIGH: 609.89 LOW: 599.14 CLOSE: 609.85 +3.28 CBOE Technology Index-(TXX) TXX CALL VOLUME: 289 TXX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 412 TXX PUT VOLUME: 305 TXX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 1002 TXX TOTAL VOLUME: 594 TXX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 1414 TXX LEVELS HIGH: 603.89 LOW: 576.48 CLOSE: 603.61 +27.11 S&P Transportation Index-(TRX) TRX CALL VOLUME: 0 TRX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 TRX PUT VOLUME: 0 TRX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 TRX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 TRX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 TRX LEVELS HIGH: 694.25 LOW: 664.42 CLOSE: 675.14 -18.76 S&P Insurance Index-(IUX) IUX CALL VOLUME: 0 IUX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 IUX PUT VOLUME: 0 IUX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 IUX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 IUX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 IUX LEVELS HIGH: 719.14 LOW: 706.76 CLOSE: 715.65 +4.68 S&P Chemical Index-(CEX) CEX CALL VOLUME: 3 CEX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 103 CEX PUT VOLUME: 100 CEX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 306 CEX TOTAL VOLUME: 103 CEX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 409 CEX LEVELS HIGH: 427.69 LOW: 412.36 CLOSE: 418.88 -7.57 S&P Health Care Index-(HCX) HCX CALL VOLUME: 5 HCX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 7 HCX PUT VOLUME: 12 HCX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 9 HCX TOTAL VOLUME: 17 HCX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 16 HCX LEVELS HIGH: 806.46 LOW: 786.51 CLOSE: 802.48 -3.16 CBOE OIL Index-(OIX) OIX CALL VOLUME: 0 OIX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 60 OIX PUT VOLUME: 0 OIX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 135 OIX TOTAL VOLUME: 0 OIX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 195 OIX LEVELS HIGH: 320.99 LOW: 313.85 CLOSE: 316.03 -4.96