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To: GVTucker who wrote (174683)	4/13/2005 1:13:39 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 176388

>>A stock will trend toward a strike price right before expiration, but that is an issue only a couple of hours before options expire, not a couple of days.>> I guess we will disagree on that one. Over the years the impression I get is that the stock price set for stock on options Friday has gradually moved earlier in the week. Once it was Thursday , then Wedns, then Monday or Tuesday. No way to prove it,but I try to dispose of any options holding by Tuesday. Like most rules, its bound to fail. But I think I lose less in using it, and it definitely relieves the pressure for Friday (g) Sig

To: GVTucker who wrote (174683)	4/13/2005 1:13:40 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176388

>>A stock will trend toward a strike price right before expiration, but that is an issue only a couple of hours before options expire, not a couple of days.>> I guess we will disagree on that one. Over the years the impression I get is that the stock price set for stock on options Friday has gradually moved earlier in the week. Once it was Thursday , then Wedns, then Monday or Tuesday. No way to prove it,but I try to dispose of any options holding by Tuesday. Like most rules, its bound to fail. But I think I lose less in using it, and it definitely relieves the pressure for Friday (g) Sig