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To: Lucretius who wrote (287438)	5/17/2004 6:22:44 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

This market is a risk in either direction .. What's worse is that cash ain't all that safe either ..

To: Lucretius who wrote (287438)	5/17/2004 8:00:29 PM
From: Terry Maloney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Smells are better indicators than patterns? You advocating some kind of scissors-paper-rock thing here? <g>

To: Lucretius who wrote (287438)	5/17/2004 9:29:20 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

not just a "pattern." It's based on several "truths" I've ran into over the years .. 1. The stock market is corrupt 2. The stock market is manipulated. 3. Options move the market. 4. sellers of options move the market to the desired location to maximize profits .. or at least try to. 5. "news" events tend to materialize to support market movement in the required direction. 6. markets tend to move in the required direction, in spite of the nature of the "news." Overall .. market forces could overcome the manipulation. But betting on such a rare event, I think, is about the same as betting on the fall of the dollar.