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To: Sr K who wrote (8854)	1/10/2010 12:50:07 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20435

I don't want to see 2 trades late January and another (or even 2) early February to "game" the game. It depends on how much record-keeping you can do and want to do. For instance, there are known FDA high-likelihood of approval/disapproval days, or just conf calls for volatile stocks. Merger rumors. I wouldn't want to see buying a stock one day and catching the event move and selling it 2 days later. These things aren't really what I consider "gaming" or unfair. If someone wants to own or short a volatile small cap before a big announcement, that's fine. They can just as easily lose 50% as make 50% if the news is poor. For me if someone shorts a stock before it pays out a 20% dividend, that's cheating. As for the rest of your post, remember the "keep it simple" rule!