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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (52568)	9/19/2001 4:22:22 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 70976

Option question: Today, I had a limit order for EMC LEAPs. At 3:20, right after the stock had bottomed and was heading up, I got a partial fill. 4 measly little contracts. My order was for 100. And that's all I got for the day. I've noticed this pattern: a limit order for 100-200 will start filling, 4-8 contracts, and then later fill in 20-50 chunks. If I had known I was only going to get 4, I wouldn't have bothered, the commission/contract makes it costly, even at Etrade or Dreyfus. What are my options here (wink, wink)? I'm thinking the way to avoid this is to place multiple orders for 50 contracts, all-or-nothing, at slightly different prices. But I've heard that any "special" conditions on a trade make it less likely to be filled. Or maybe I should just put up with this happening occasionally.