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To: donald sew who wrote (31148)	12/13/1997 10:36:00 AM
From: Eddie D. Gilbert	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

Can anybody! tell me when this Hi tech sell off will end? Eddie

To: donald sew who wrote (31148)	12/14/1997 10:07:00 PM
From: Heg Heg	Respond to of 58727

Hi Don, thanks for your index updates. Regarding put/calls on expiration: The ratios are not particularly heavily tilted towards puts, however this time (again) it will be mostly the puts which are in the money. Below is the list regarding minimal costs. Most stocks are below those optimum prices, so perhaps we will get some push out of this. As a measure of how far the prices are from those values I track the potential savings achievable (actual cost minus optimal cost). The total figure for the basket below has deteriorated from 166.9m on Wednesday to 224.8m on Friday. Perhaps it is time that the trend swings back. I could certainly use a little rally here. Regards Heg =costs in m$= SYMBOL FORM'3 Best Current FORM'2 FORM'1 CurrPrice ABT 65.00 0.23 0.49 65.00 65.00 66.63 ALTR 40.00 1.21 2.81 40.00 40.00 30.56 AMAT 35.00 3.89 11.37 32.50 35.00 26.13 AMD 22.50 1.23 3.03 22.50 22.50 18.19 APM 22.50 5.05 10.33 22.50 30.00 12.69 ASND 30.00 7.37 9.17 30.00 30.00 27.14 ASPT 20.00 0.11 0.14 20.00 17.50 21.25 ATML 22.50 0.61 1.09 22.50 20.00 18.69 BA 50.00 0.71 1.12 50.00 50.00 49.00 BAY 30.00 9.23 23.47 32.50 30.00 23.94 BMY 85.00 5.62 14.28 82.50 80.00 96.94 CA 50.00 0.45 0.95 50.00 50.00 47.25 CAT 50.00 0.17 0.52 50.00 50.00 50.75 CCI 130.00 4.14 6.56 130.00130.00 126.81 COHR 40.00 0.01 0.04 40.00 40.00 33.88 COMS 35.00 8.34 9.48 37.50 35.00 34.31 CPQ 65.00 17.43 38.05 65.00 65.00 56.31 CS 15.00 2.23 2.62 17.50 15.00 14.06 CSCO 85.00 5.14 11.08 82.50 85.00 76.56 CYMI 22.50 0.62 1.39 22.50 22.50 16.94 DD 60.00 0.10 0.29 60.00 60.00 60.94 DELL 85.00 13.46 14.32 87.50 90.00 88.25 DO 50.00 2.72 3.40 50.00 50.00 46.38 DOW 90.00 1.39 2.74 87.50 90.00 97.50 EMC 30.00 1.41 2.19 30.00 30.00 26.06 EVI 45.00 0.15 0.17 45.00 45.00 46.38 FDC 30.00 0.03 0.25 30.00 30.00 26.81 FORE 17.50 0.13 0.26 17.50 17.50 15.56 GE 65.00 7.85 12.59 67.50 70.00 72.25 GTW 30.00 2.78 3.12 30.00 30.00 30.63 HAL 55.00 0.23 1.90 55.00 55.00 51.31 HON 70.00 0.01 0.07 70.00 70.00 67.44 HTCH 22.50 1.11 1.51 22.50 20.00 19.50 HWP 65.00 0.91 1.33 65.00 65.00 60.94 IBM 105.00 16.09 16.84 102.50105.00 100.38 INTC 80.00 11.58 37.75 77.50 80.00 70.50 IRF 15.00 0.04 0.22 15.00 15.00 11.94 JBIL 42.50 2.51 5.10 42.50 45.00 32.50 KLAC 45.00 3.62 7.10 47.50 40.00 34.31 KLIC 25.00 0.19 0.49 27.50 25.00 17.88 KO 60.00 3.95 6.29 60.00 60.00 64.94 LEH 50.00 0.66 0.68 50.00 50.00 49.63 LGND 15.00 0.01 0.01 15.00 12.50 13.19 LLY 65.00 0.37 0.51 65.00 65.00 63.50 LRCX 35.00 0.56 2.03 35.00 35.00 25.63 LU 80.00 2.31 4.31 80.00 80.00 75.13 MER 70.00 4.69 7.96 67.50 70.00 72.94 MOT 65.00 1.82 7.67 65.00 65.00 55.88 MRK 95.00 2.63 8.78 95.00 95.00 104.75 MRVC 25.00 0.24 0.38 27.50 25.00 21.13 MSFT 135.00 13.17 13.90 135.00135.00 136.75 MU 27.50 9.01 17.71 27.50 25.00 22.50 NE 25.00 0.58 0.77 25.00 20.00 29.25 NKE 50.00 2.29 6.44 50.00 50.00 44.44 NN 45.00 0.81 3.81 45.00 45.00 34.44 NSM 30.00 0.38 1.21 32.50 30.00 24.13 NVLS 37.50 1.88 3.05 37.50 35.00 29.88 ORCL 25.00 15.56 16.65 25.00 22.50 22.75 PAIR 25.00 0.69 2.29 25.00 25.00 19.00 PFE 60.00 11.12 27.55 60.00 60.00 75.00 PNU 35.00 0.14 0.18 32.50 35.00 35.38 QNTM 27.50 1.79 7.74 27.50 27.50 18.94 RDRT 20.00 0.49 0.71 20.00 20.00 16.06 RIG 50.00 0.53 0.57 50.00 45.00 45.88 ROK 50.00 0.06 0.06 47.50 50.00 49.19 SBH 45.00 0.06 0.66 45.00 45.00 50.38 SCH 35.00 1.29 2.02 35.00 35.00 41.44 SCI 40.00 0.09 0.10 42.50 40.00 39.69 SEG 27.50 3.82 8.31 27.50 25.00 19.63 SFAM 25.00 0.10 0.28 27.50 25.00 19.88 SGP 55.00 0.50 0.95 52.50 50.00 58.19 SLB 80.00 1.33 1.41 82.50 80.00 79.69 STM 70.00 0.03 2.77 70.00 70.00 54.13 SUNW 37.50 2.91 3.51 37.50 37.50 35.69 SYBS 15.00 0.33 0.58 15.00 15.00 12.00 T 50.00 2.43 5.81 52.50 50.00 57.69 TBI 22.50 0.03 0.05 22.50 20.00 19.31 TER 35.00 1.44 3.85 35.00 35.00 27.38 TLAB 50.00 0.85 1.55 52.50 50.00 48.25 TQNT 22.50 0.04 0.07 22.50 20.00 18.75 TRV 50.00 9.51 10.78 50.00 50.00 52.69 TXN 47.50 7.38 20.29 47.50 47.50 40.88 UIS 15.00 0.14 0.56 15.00 15.00 13.00 UTEK 25.00 0.10 0.56 25.00 25.00 18.75 UTX 75.00 0.03 0.05 75.00 75.00 73.00 VLSI 20.00 0.45 0.54 22.50 20.00 19.00 WCOM 30.00 10.13 12.54 30.00 30.00 32.06 WDC 22.50 2.12 5.60 22.50 25.00 15.75 WFR 20.00 0.02 0.10 20.00 20.00 16.13 WLA 120.00 1.35 2.69 120.00120.00 108.88 WSTL 17.50 0.17 0.33 17.50 15.00 14.25 XLNX 35.00 1.12 1.59 35.00 35.00 32.38 92 263.6 488.44