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To: Susan Saline who wrote (36111)	12/19/2001 10:14:45 AM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 53068

stops ... Sue, mulling over the term stop ..... inside what is left of my feeble mind .... I'm trying to think of the last time I opened a position WITHOUT a stopper ..... can't recall a single time in over twenty years, at least, that I've not had a stopping point ..... whether the position have been long OR short .... that said, however, the futures market IS a wee bit dif from the equity mkt ..... I have posted, and have said many times in the past that the BigBoard is a better place FOR ME, than is the Nasty ... but I have been active at both until the past few years when I devoted myself to the futures ...... The futures is really a highly treacherous place ... actually, kinda like the Naz, only running at triple or quad speed .... it makes the Naz seem like slow motion .... but, I have done fairly well there ..... I hardly ever MANUALLY set a stop on the mini .... as there is a GREAT propensity for the bigboys to "run the stops" ..... but I have the stop set on an open screen on my computer, ready to execute in under five seconds .... and I continually move the stop .... perhaps two or three times per minute whilst the long or short contract is open ..... depending upon the longevity of my position ....