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To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (27946)	11/6/1997 4:36:00 PM
From: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

CPQ initiated coverage per briefing.com////CAN WE SEE AN UP DAY FOR A CHANGE! like enough to get my damn option to 3! Coverage Initiated Company Symbol Brokerage Firm Initial Recommendation: Compaq Computer CPQ Salomon Bros Buy Dell Computer DELL Salomon Bros Buy Apple Computer AAPL Salomon Bros Underperform Hearst-Argyle TV HATV Merrill Lynch NT Accumulate Track 'N Trail TKTL AG Edwards Buy Tom Brown Inc TMBR Lehman Bros Outperform Basin Exploration BSNX Lehman Bros Outperform Enserch Explrtn EEX Lehman Bros Outperform Apache Corp APA Lehman Bros Outperform Forest Oil Corp(b) FOIL Lehman Bros Buy Iridium World Comm IRIDF SoundView Buy IVAX Corp. IVX Robert M.Cohen&Co Speculative Buy Carnival Corp CCL ABN Amro Buy Genzyme Corp GENZL PaineWebber Buy Tyco International TYC PaineWebber Attractive Vintage Petroleum(b) VPI Lehman Bros Buy HS Resources(b) HSE Lehman Bros Buy Forcenergy(b) FEN Lehman Bros Buy American Pwr Cnvrsn APCC Goldman Sachs Mkt Outperform Medicis Pharma MDRX Smith Barney Buy Western Wireless WWCA SoundView Buy CompDent Corp CPDN Hambrecht & Quist Buy Human Genome HGSI Smith Barney Outperform Renex Corp(a) RENX Vector Securities Buy Barrett Resources(b) BRR Lehman Brothers Outperform Oakwood Homes OH Jefferies & Co Buy QLT PhotoThera(b) QLTIF UBS Securities Hold Pegasus Comm PGTV BT Alex. Brown Buy Stoneridge Inc SRI Morgan Stanley Outperform Household Intl HI Oppenheimer Strong Buy Kilroy Realty KRC Morgan Stanley Strong Buy Union Camp UCC DLJ Buy Boise Cascade BCC DLJ Buy Willamette Indstrs WLL DLJ Strong Buy

To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (27946)	11/6/1997 5:02:00 PM
From: Electric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

Lisa, Here it is doll.... First is the leverage Analysis.. second is the price analysis.. (you have the 25's right??) note the leverage= movement in % basis for each 1.00 up... OXFORD HEALTH PLANS INC 4 11/16 # CALL PRICE VOLUME LEVERAGE 1NOV 20 5 50 17 % 2NOV 22 1/2 3 1/8 50 23 % 3NOV 25 1 1/8 1197 38 % 4NOV 30 1/4 195 11 % 5NOV 35 1/8 120 -27 % 6NOV 40 1/16 0 -57 % 7NOV 45 1/16 0 -57 % 8NOV 50 1/16 0 -57 % 9NOV 55 1/16 0 -57 % 10NOV 60 1/16 0 -57 % 11NOV 65 1/4 0 -15 % 12NOV 70 1/16 0 -57 % 13NOV 75 1/16 0 -57 % 14NOV 80 1/16 0 -57 % 15NOV 85 1/16 0 -57 % 16NOV 90 1/16 0 -57 % 17DEC 20 5 1/2 182 14 % 18DEC 22 1/2 3 3/4 146 17 % 19DEC 25 2 1/2 530 18 % 20DEC 30 1 648 16 % 21DEC 35 7/16 50 5 % 22DEC 40 1/4 50 -9 % 23DEC 45 1/4 0 -14 % 24DEC 50 1/4 0 -15 % 25DEC 55 1/16 10 -57 % 26DEC 60 No Prc 0 N/A 27DEC 65 1/8 0 -29 % 28DEC 70 1/4 0 -15 % 29DEC 75 3 3/8 0 -2 % 30DEC 80 1/4 0 -15 % 31FEB 20 7 1/4 28 9 % 32FEB 22 1/2 4 7/8 10 12 % 33FEB 25 3 7/8 266 12 % 34FEB 30 2 5/16 300 12 % 35FEB 35 1 5/16 252 11 % 36FEB 40 13/16 0 7 % 37FEB 45 5/8 10 2 % 38FEB 50 3/4 0 -2 % 39FEB 55 3/4 0 -4 % 40FEB 60 No Prc 0 N/A 41FEB 65 7/16 0 -8 % 42FEB 70 1/4 2 -15 % 43FEB 75 1/4 10 -15 % 44FEB 80 1/16 0 -57 % 45FEB 85 1/4 0 -15 % 46FEB 90 1/4 0 -15 % 47MAY 20 7 5/8 48 8 % 48MAY 22 1/2 6 7/8 40 8 % 49MAY 25 5 3/8 80 9 % 50MAY 30 3 7/8 222 9 % 51MAY 35 2 7/8 73 8 % 52MAY 40 1 3/4 20 9 % 53MAY 45 1 1/8 0 8 % 54MAY 50 11/16 0 8 % 55MAY 55 1 13/16 0 0 % 56MAY 60 1 1/4 0 -1 % 57MAY 65 7/16 16 -3 % 58MAY 70 3/8 30 -5 % 59MAY 75 9 3/4 0 -2 % 60MAY 80 1/4 0 -12 % 61MAY 85 No Prc 0 N/A OXFORD HEALTH PLANS INC 4 11/16 # CALL PRICE BLK-SCH DIFF 1NOV 20 5 4 3/4 + 1/4 2NOV 22 1/2 3 1/8 2 5/8 + 1/2 3NOV 25 1 1/8 1 1/8 ...... 4NOV 30 1/4 1/8 + 1/8 5NOV 35 1/8 0 + 1/8 6NOV 40 1/16 0 + 1/16 7NOV 45 1/16 0 + 1/16 8NOV 50 1/16 0 + 1/16 9NOV 55 1/16 0 + 1/16 10NOV 60 1/16 0 + 1/16 11NOV 65 1/4 0 + 1/4 12NOV 70 1/16 0 + 1/16 13NOV 75 1/16 0 + 1/16 14NOV 80 1/16 0 + 1/16 15NOV 85 1/16 0 + 1/16 16NOV 90 1/16 0 + 1/16 17DEC 20 5 1/2 5 1/8 + 3/8 18DEC 22 1/2 3 3/4 3 3/8 + 3/8 19DEC 25 2 1/2 2 + 1/2 20DEC 30 1 9/16 + 7/16 21DEC 35 7/16 1/8 + 5/16 22DEC 40 1/4 0 + 1/4 23DEC 45 1/4 0 + 1/4 24DEC 50 1/4 0 + 1/4 25DEC 55 1/16 0 + 1/16 26DEC 60 No Prc 0 N/A 27DEC 65 1/8 0 + 1/8 28DEC 70 1/4 0 + 1/4 29DEC 75 3 3/8 0 + 3 3/8 30DEC 80 1/4 0 + 1/4 31FEB 20 7 1/4 6 1/8 + 1 1/8 32FEB 22 1/2 4 7/8 4 1/2 + 3/8 33FEB 25 3 7/8 3 1/4 + 5/8 34FEB 30 2 5/16 1 5/8 + 11/16 35FEB 35 1 5/16 3/4 + 9/16 36FEB 40 13/16 3/8 + 7/16 37FEB 45 5/8 1/8 + 1/2 38FEB 50 3/4 1/16 + 11/16 39FEB 55 3/4 0 + 3/4 40FEB 60 No Prc 0 N/A 41FEB 65 7/16 1/16 + 3/8 42FEB 70 1/4 0 + 1/4 43FEB 75 1/4 0 + 1/4 44FEB 80 1/16 0 + 1/16 45FEB 85 1/4 0 + 1/4 46FEB 90 1/4 0 + 1/4 47MAY 20 7 5/8 7 + 5/8 48MAY 22 1/2 6 7/8 5 5/8 + 1 1/4 49MAY 25 5 3/8 4 1/2 + 7/8 50MAY 30 3 7/8 2 13/16 + 1 1/16 51MAY 35 2 7/8 1 3/4 + 1 1/8 52MAY 40 1 3/4 1 1/16 + 11/16 53MAY 45 1 1/8 11/16 + 7/16 54MAY 50 11/16 7/16 + 1/4 55MAY 55 1 13/16 1/4 + 1 9/16 56MAY 60 1 1/4 3/16 + 1 1/16 57MAY 65 7/16 1/8 + 5/16 58MAY 70 3/8 1/16 + 5/16 59MAY 75 9 3/4 1/16 +9 11/16 60MAY 80 1/4 0 + 1/4 61*MAY 85 No Prc 0 N/A Lisa, It looks to me that the ones you have are priced over what they should be, thus the lack of movement today... meaning that yesterday when you got them they were + 1/2 or somthing and the option is now catching up to market.... I have concluded this by watching the options I own flux in and out, lagging, going ahead etc.. So if the stock moves up, even though you are at the strike, it wont move point for point.. Hope this helps... Electric