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To: Booda who wrote (4996)	2/16/2005 6:28:38 PM
From: Walkingshadow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8752

Hi Boooda, The Max Pain Point is the point where, if the underlying closes at that price, the maximum number of puts and calls will expire worthless. So the options pits will often try to muscle things towards the Max Pain Point if they can because in general, that will be Max Profit for them. Here's a nice explanation and chart for several stocks (totally free, btw): ez-pnf.com Welcome to the thread, btw... contribute whatever you can, ask whatever you like, and be assured you will be treated with courtesy and respect here. We try to help one another here without hidden agendas. T