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To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (5103)	3/9/2009 3:25:51 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 6370

it is... I chickened out... and when I came back to the office the thing really shifted gears. These late day bounces ain´t no good... Looks like a new low, right? (Edit: not yet; on Friday it traded lower). I got call options in DOW filled while I was out... well they are good three months. But with my luck, DOW overpays for ROH and goes to $3. But currently DOW, ROH are halted so its a guessing game.

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (5103)	3/9/2009 10:01:08 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 6370

How true. Turned out that I hadn´t paid my dues today. While I got something for the dow contracts when I got off the bus before it exploded....I had some DowChem calls orders working whcih I didn´t cancel... Oh well. They executed before the halt... and now the stock is down, way down. Whatever I tried in chemicals it never seems to work. Looks that I´ll likely end up fading down DOW. They have so hopelessly overpaid for ROH. A restructuring next door.

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (5103)	3/10/2009 7:43:22 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6370

Todays premarket adds insult to the injury, no doubt. In fact I could have bought anything else but DOW. Citi has a profitable quarter; so banks clearly surge today. My bet is pretty clear. Short ROH as it climbed within a few nickels of the takeout price; the worst case is a small loss (but I am careful.. if there are no ROH shares out any more it could squeeze like ABRX did). An insolvent DOW can not take over ROH.