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Strategies & Market Trends : MARKET INDEX TECHNICAL ANALYSIS - MITA -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Killswitch who wrote (10521)	2/16/2002 9:55:56 PM
From: nsumir81	Respond to of 19219

A very freakish divergence - yes, it seems that way. The number seems out of whack, like an outlier. I wonder.

To: Killswitch who wrote (10521)	2/17/2002 12:25:36 PM
From: dvdw©	Respond to of 19219

Brian You said: The only odd thing I'll admit is that it appears to be a very freakish divergence to have the bear funds so high and the put buying so low. You'd think the people dumping money into ARKTOS would also be buying some puts?? What explains this? If there is a disconnect it would be that ARKTOS placement is a bearish placement of funds; whereas Put buying might be a hedge against long positions. These two can easily disconnect and there are also Varied strategies associated with Puts and Calls. The placement of money into the Short funds is really a definitive bet on Market direction. In other words; One motive is clear Arktos, the other is not.PUTS

To: Killswitch who wrote (10521)	2/17/2002 7:07:05 PM
From: Square_Dealings	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19219

Why bother buying puts - shorting stocks is cheaper. Anyway if you buy options you're just contributing to the JP Morgan derivative blow up fund. Those dudes have sold calls, puts, spreads, innies, outies, upside downies.... every which way they can think of taking money without having to pay anything back until the computer model blows up.... I think the big boys want to sell you options while they get behind the maximum pain profit mode. Just go short with em. M.