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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Milan Shah who wrote (221780)	12/30/2006 2:03:57 PM
From: Magrathea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I don't think the bid/ask is that important to the issue. These big option volumes happen very quickly, in very few one minute actions. The Nov. 30 AMDXD action is a case in point. Message 23063998 It's not like someone says: "I'm going to write 50000 contracts, let's see who will nibble." It's not like someone says: "I want to buy 50000 AMDAE. Oh darn, there are only 15000 Open. I'll just keep jacking the bid up until enough people write them." It is a couple of big players that get on the phone to work out a trade. That is the only way a big buyer and big seller can hit the tape on the same minute. What kinds of players would cooperate in this trade? -Magrathea