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Strategies & Market Trends : JAPAN-Nikkei-Time to go back up? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fut_trade who wrote (512)	11/25/1997 8:53:00 PM
From: fut_trade	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3902

Nikkei Options Prices as of 11/25/97 04:01 PM MTH/ --- SESSION --- PT EST ---- PRIOR DAY ---- STRIKE OPEN HIGH LOW LAST SETT CHGE VOL SETT VOL INT ON DEC97 NIKKEI OPTIONS CALL 160 ---- ---- 775. ---- 775. UNCH 820. 5 17 165 ---- ---- 540. ---- 540. UNCH 550. 1 170 ---- ---- 290. ---- 290. UNCH 300. 11 175 ---- ---- 150. ---- 150. UNCH 160. 11 180 ---- ---- 70. ---- 70. UNCH 75. 13 185 ---- ---- 30. ---- 30. UNCH 35. 20 25 190 ---- ---- 10. ---- 10. UNCH 15. 8 195 ---- ---- 5. ---- 5. UNCH 10. 18 200 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- UNCH CAB 17 205 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- UNCH CAB 3 210 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- UNCH CAB 1 220 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- UNCH CAB 10 230 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- UNCH CAB 6 ON MAR98 NIKKEI OPTIONS CALL 160 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1370. UNCH 1370. 3 165 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1125. UNCH 1125. 8 10 170 1000. 1910. 970. 1000. 1910. +90 3 910. 9 23 175 820. 850. 700. 850. 700. +150 2 700. 8 25 180 520. 525. 520. 520. 525. -5 1 525. 45 185 ---- ---- ---- ---- 400. UNCH 400. 19 190 325. 325. 290. 325. 290. +35 1 290. 6 195 ---- ---- ---- ---- 200. UNCH 200. 13 205 ---- ---- ---- ---- 125. UNCH 125. 1 225 ---- ---- ---- ---- 30. UNCH 30. 3 ON JUN98 NIKKEI OPTIONS CALL 210 240. 240. 240. 240. 240. UNCH 1 ---- TOTAL EST.VOL VOL OPEN INT. TOTAL 8 50 289 ON DEC97 NIKKEI OPTIONS PUT 125 ---- ---- ---- ---- 20. UNCH 20. 14 130 ---- ---- ---- ---- 30. UNCH 30. 5 145 ---- ---- ---- ---- 160. UNCH 160. 1 155 ---- ---- ---- ---- 400. UNCH 400. 2 34 160 ---- ---- ---- ---- 615. UNCH 610. 8 13 165 ---- ---- ---- ---- 880. UNCH 840. 17 170 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1130. UNCH 1090. 19 180 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1905. UNCH 1860. 18 185 ---- ---- ---- ---- 2365. UNCH 2320. 190 ---- ---- ---- ---- 2845. UNCH 2800. 20 195 ---- ---- ---- ---- 3340. UNCH 3295. 200 ---- ---- ---- ---- 3840. UNCH 3790. 6 ON JAN98 NIKKEI OPTIONS PUT 140 ---- ---- ---- ---- 320. UNCH 320. 1 145 550. 550. 550. 550. 550. UNCH ---- 165 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1165. UNCH 1120. 20 ON MAR98 NIKKEI OPTIONS PUT 140 ---- ---- ---- ---- 520. UNCH 520. 10 150 ---- ---- ---- ---- 820. UNCH 820. 10 410 170 1760. 2705. 1760. 1760. 2705. UNCH 1 ---- ON JUN98 NIKKEI OPTIONS PUT 160 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1440. UNCH 1440. 5 TOTAL EST.VOL VOL OPEN INT. TOTAL 1 20 593

To: fut_trade who wrote (512)	11/26/1997 1:33:00 AM
From: Philip H. Lee	Respond to of 3902

Almost unbelievable... ----- Nightly Business Report transcript, 11/25/97. quote.com Darren Gersh (NBR Correspondent): In the 1980's, Lincoln says, the Japanese mafia or "Yakuza" as it's known, laundered their illegal profits by borrowing from banks and investing in the booming real estate and stock markets. When the market crashed, the "Yakuza" loans went bad. Edward Lincoln (Brooking Institution): And these are not the kind of loans you want to call in. In fact, there has been at least one murder, a Sumitomo Bank executive who was shot and killed and after that happened, people found out that it was his responsibility to go out and try to collect on these loans. GERSH: No one believes corruption is the main cause of Japan's economic troubles, but it is an important factor. By some estimates 25 percent of the bad loans on the books of Japanese banks may be tied to organized crime. -------- Philip